vitamin c

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vitamin c

by bleacherseat » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:41 pm
A nutritionist studying the effects of massive doses of vitamin C found that of a group of 600 people who regularly took 1,500 mg of vitamin C daily for a year, fewer than 9 percent suffered serious cases of flu; of a group of 600 people who took 250 mg of vitamin C (the standard recommended daily allowance) daily for a year, 34 percent suffered at least one serious case of flu; and of a group of 600 people who took no vitamin C for a year (other than that found in the foods in a balanced diet), 32 percent suffered at least one serious case of flu.

Which of the following hypotheses is best supported by the evidence above?

(A) The effectiveness of vitamin C in preventing serious cases of flu increases in direct proportion to the amount of vitamin C taken.
(B) Vitamin C is helpful in preventing disease.
(C) Doses of vitamin C that exceed the standard recommended daily allowance by 500 percent will reduce the incidence of serious cases of flu by 25 percent.
(D) Massive doses of vitamin C can help to prevent serious case of flu.
(E) A balanced diet contains less than 250 mg of vitamin C.
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by gmat009 » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:58 pm
Between A and D, D looks better
IMO D

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by Mani_mba » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:47 pm
I would choose A. But i am not sure of my answer.

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by Jatinder » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:03 am
IMO C

250 - 1500 ==> greater than 500% will reduce the flu from 34 to 9 % = 25%

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by schakiiieee » Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:11 am
IMO D.

(A) Wrong when we look at the numbers.

(B) Too general.

(C) Very narrowly definied. It was just one sample.... So it is statistically not sure whether the vitamin C reduces the incidence of a flue by 25% or by 23%.

(D) More or less restates what is described in the text.

(E) Out of scope.

--> I would choose D.

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by raunekk » Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:29 am
imo:D

rest all are too strong!!

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by Jatinder » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:11 am
I agree :C is too strong and is just one sample
D should be the answer :-)

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by bleacherseat » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:18 pm
OA is D

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by kris77 » Thu May 12, 2016 12:47 pm
I am leaning more towards D, but I'm not sure about it.

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by khanshainur » Thu May 12, 2016 12:56 pm
Answer D seems to be logical one out of other answer choices