annrae wrote:Mr. Lawson: We should adopt a national family policy that includes legislation requiring employers to provide paid parental leave and establishing government-sponsored day care. Such laws would decrease the stress levels of employees who have responsibility for small children. Thus, such laws would lead to happier, better-adjusted families.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above?
(A) An employee�s high stress level can be a cause of unhappiness and poor adjustment for his or her family.
(B) People who have responsibility for small children and who work outside the home have higher stress levels than those who do not.
(C) The goal of a national family policy is to lower the stress levels of parents.
(D) Any national family policy that is adopted would include legislation requiring employers to provide paid parental leave and establishing government-sponsored day care.
(E) Most children who have been cared for in daycare centers are happy and well adjusted.


OA A, why not E?

annrae wrote:Mr. Lawson: We should adopt a national family policy that includes legislation requiring employers to provide paid parental leave and establishing government-sponsored day care. Such laws would decrease the stress levels of employees who have responsibility for small children. Thus, such laws would lead to happier, better-adjusted families.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above?
(A) An employee�s high stress level can be a cause of unhappiness and poor adjustment for his or her family.
(B) People who have responsibility for small children and who work outside the home have higher stress levels than those who do not.
(C) The goal of a national family policy is to lower the stress levels of parents.
(D) Any national family policy that is adopted would include legislation requiring employers to provide paid parental leave and establishing government-sponsored day care.
(E) Most children who have been cared for in daycare centers are happy and well adjusted.


OA A, why not E?

debmalya_dutta wrote:why are b and c incorrect here?

apex231 wrote:My question is that - isn't the relation between stress level and happiness implicit? If so, then that makes answer choice B a contender for the correct answer.

According to option A -

(A) An employee's high stress level can be a cause of unhappiness and poor adjustment for his or her family. - Now we can interpret this as that high stress level "can be a cause" but not necessarily so in all the cases.

Don't you think we can justify both answer choices A and B in this question?

annrae wrote:Mr. Lawson: We should adopt a national family policy that includes legislation requiring employers to provide paid parental leave and establishing government-sponsored day care. Such laws would decrease the stress levels of employees who have responsibility for small children. Thus, such laws would lead to happier, better-adjusted families.

pnk wrote:

annrae wrote:Mr. Lawson: We should adopt a national family policy that includes legislation requiring employers to provide paid parental leave and establishing government-sponsored day care. Such laws would decrease the stress levels of employees who have responsibility for small children. Thus, such laws would lead to happier, better-adjusted families.

Evidence: Laws --> leave + day care --> decrease stress of employees having small children

Conclusion: Laws --> lead to happier families

Assumption: decrease stress of employees having small children --> lead to happier families

(A) An employee�s high stress level can be a cause of unhappiness and poor adjustment for his or her family.
Contrapositive of Assuumption: does not lead to happier families (ie unhappier families) --> increase stress of employees having small children

While A says: high stress of employees --> unhappier families

I could not understand how contrapositive of assumption and A are same.

(B) People who have responsibility for small children and who work outside the home have higher stress levels than those who do not.

Argument says: Such laws would decrease the stress levels of employees who have responsibility for small children. This leads to another assumption: employee having small children are under stress.

B says, people who work and have children have higher stress level, reinforcing the above assumption. In summary, though B does not establish conclusion but it does give additional information supporting the evidence and therefore strengthening the argument.

Pls suggest why B is still wrong.