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Source: Beat The GMAT — Critical Reasoning |
E... to paraphrase the argument...
Evidence: companies that focus on consumer satisfaction are more likely to have higher margins.
Conclusion: companies that focus on consumer satisfaction are more effective.
Assumption: higher margins = more effective.
That equates to E
Evidence: companies that focus on consumer satisfaction are more likely to have higher margins.
Conclusion: companies that focus on consumer satisfaction are more effective.
Assumption: higher margins = more effective.
That equates to E
Tani Wolff
Hi Tani,I agree on E.I too chose E but i spent a lot of time thinking what to choose between D and ETani Wolff - Kaplan wrote:E... to paraphrase the argument...
Evidence: companies that focus on consumer satisfaction are more likely to have higher margins.
That equates to E
I feel that negating D does undermine the premise which is that "Companies with Marketing Depts that focus on Customer Satisfaction are more likely to have high profit margins than are companies with Marketing dept s that concentrate on sales.
If we Negate D,
The majority of Markt depts that focus on customer satisfaction do not belong to Companies that have High Profit Margins.=>If there 15 companies with High Profit Margin , 12 of them have Markt dept focussing on Cust Satisfaction while 3 have depts focussing on sales. There could 90 companies with depts focussing on cust saticfaction and only 5 companies with Dept that focus on Sales. So Doesnt this logic undermine the Premise
I Seek Explanations Not Answers
D doesn't address causality. The relationship could be a coincidence. E points to a cause - "effective" marketing.
Tani Wolff













