Graduate schools have begun to check whether applicants for admission are in default on government-guaranteed student loans. Any application submitted by an applicant who fails this test is not processed. Though all applications are tested, it is thought that the 3 percent of the applications that fail represent only three-quarters of the incoming applications from individuals in default. Consequently, approximately 1 percent of the applications that are processed are those of applicants in default who remain undetected.
Which of the following is an assumption in the argument above?
A. Before being processed, the applications from individuals in default on their government-guaranteed student loans are not rejected for other reasons.
B. Applicants in default on their government-guaranteed student loans will not make any loan payments in the future.
C. In all likelihood, more than 3 percent of the applications actually fail the default test.
D. Only a small fraction of the individuals in default on their government-guaranteed student loans apply to graduate school.
E. Individuals in default on their government-guaranteed student loans apply to graduate school in the same numbers in which they do not apply to graduate school.
[spoiler]OA: A
OE: Yes. The author argues that, since the screening process catches only three-quarters of applicants who are in default, the other one-quarter make it through the screening undetected. But it is possible that at least some of those applicants in the one-quarter are rejected for other reasons, such as poor test scores or low grades. Since the author says that the one-quarter makes it through the process, he must be assuming that the applicants in the one-quarter are NOT rejected for those other reasons. [/spoiler]
Source: Princeton Review Prep Test
Pls can someone explain - a better way to disect the problem.
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if the students are getting rejected for other reasons then the number of students defaulting,passing through undetected may be less than 1%. This defending option has been attacked in A.LeoBen wrote:Graduate schools have begun to check whether applicants for admission are in default on government-guaranteed student loans. Any application submitted by an applicant who fails this test is not processed. Though all applications are tested, it is thought that the 3 percent of the applications that fail represent only three-quarters of the incoming applications from individuals in default. Consequently, approximately 1 percent of the applications that are processed are those of applicants in default who remain undetected.
Which of the following is an assumption in the argument above?
A. Before being processed, the applications from individuals in default on their government-guaranteed student loans are not rejected for other reasons.
B. Applicants in default on their government-guaranteed student loans will not make any loan payments in the future.-- out of scope. POE.
C. In all likelihood, more than 3 percent of the applications actually fail the default test. -- means more students may get undetected. weaken answer option. POE.
D. Only a small fraction of the individuals in default on their government-guaranteed student loans apply to graduate school. --does not effect the statistics mentioned in the facts above.POE.
E. Individuals in default on their government-guaranteed student loans apply to graduate school in the same numbers in which they do not apply to graduate school. -- neutral option. POE.
[spoiler]OA: A
OE: Yes. The author argues that, since the screening process catches only three-quarters of applicants who are in default, the other one-quarter make it through the screening undetected. But it is possible that at least some of those applicants in the one-quarter are rejected for other reasons, such as poor test scores or low grades. Since the author says that the one-quarter makes it through the process, he must be assuming that the applicants in the one-quarter are NOT rejected for those other reasons. [/spoiler]
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Pls can someone explain - a better way to disect the problem.
Hence OA.
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Before being processed, the applications from individuals in default on their government-guaranteed student loans are rejected for other reasons. => the percentage of rejected will be 4%, not 3 % (and 1% is undetected). Weaken the argument. So, this is the assumption of argument. choice A is correct.
