Asian American History Association

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Asian American History Association

by S0laris » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:55 pm
The Asian American History Association receives approximately 1,000 proposals each year from individuals who wish to present papers at its annual meeting. The association’s officers would like to ensure constant standards of quality in the presentations from year to year. The officers have therefore decided to accept for presentation each year only the best 300 papers selected on the basis of the quality of the proposals submitted.

Of the following, the best criticism of the officers’ plan is that the plan assumes that

(A) Professional associations cannot accept all papers submitted for presentation at their annual meetings.
(B) The total number of proposals submitted to the association will remain at approximately 1,000 in future years.
(C) Each proposal submitted to the association deserves to be considered a serious candidate for presentation.
(D) It is difficult to judge the quality of a paper on the basis of the proposal alone.
(E) The best 300 papers submitted to the association for presentation will be of the same quality from year to year.
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by dendude » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:47 pm
E is my pick.
Since the officers intend to have the same quality year after year. They assume that the best 300 selected would be of the same quality year after year.

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by S0laris » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:56 am
The down side of up E is assumption, the up side of down is that officers are trying to select best 300 papers basing on proposals - is that right to judge quality of a chocolate basing on its cover ?
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by delhiboy1979 » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:02 am
I go with B. What happens if there are only 200 applications submitted ina particular year. The plan states they will select the best 300.

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by bmlaud » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:52 am
IMO E
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by vanessa.m » Sat May 14, 2016 2:33 am
I am leaning more towards E, but I'm not sure about it.