Two groups of students, one from Country X and one from Country Y, were shown videotapes of criminal trials. When surveyed about sentences for those defendants who were found guilty, the opinions of the students from Country X were not correlated with whether the crimes were premeditated. The responses of the students from Country Y, however, varied depending on the degree of premeditation. People from Country X, then, do not regard intentions as a relevant part of sentencing to the same extent as people from Country Y.
Which of the following, if true, would be most damaging to the above conclusion?
A. The criminal trials were conducted in the language of Country Y, making it difficult for the students from Country X to distinguish the intentions of the accused.
B. The nature of the crime was clearly stated in each trial.
C. Almost half of the crimes were not premeditated.
D. Another study has shown that the general population of Country Y regards premeditation as an important element of criminal sentencing.
E. The students from Country X assigned punishments that varied depending on the severity of the crime committed.
OA is A
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Kushal
Which of the following, if true, would be most damaging to the above conclusion?
A. The criminal trials were conducted in the language of Country Y, making it difficult for the students from Country X to distinguish the intentions of the accused.
B. The nature of the crime was clearly stated in each trial.
C. Almost half of the crimes were not premeditated.
D. Another study has shown that the general population of Country Y regards premeditation as an important element of criminal sentencing.
E. The students from Country X assigned punishments that varied depending on the severity of the crime committed.
OA is A
Please help
Kushal
