A survey of 1,200 residents of a certain state revealed that 34 percent found hunting to be morally wrong. Of those same

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A survey of 1,200 residents of a certain state revealed that 34 percent found hunting to be morally wrong. Of those same 1,200 respondents, 59 percent said that they had never hunted before. From this information, the surveyors concluded that ________.

Which of the following best completes the passage above?

A. some respondents expressed their moral convictions more strongly than others

B. the people who expressed an objection to hunting had never hunted before

C. moral objection is not the only reason why people do not hunt

D. the people who had hunted before but stopped because of a moral objection outnumbered those who had never hunted but didn't find it morally wrong

E. some people hunt even though they are morally opposed to it


OA C

Source: Princeton Review

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The surveyors' conclusion can be drawn from the information given in the passage. For instance;

Option A - Incorrect
The survey report in the passage is focused on knowing the response from people in the state regarding hunting and not on moral convictions.

Option B - Incorrect
This claim is not sufficient enough to conclude why people hunt or not.

Option C - Correct
From the passage, 34% of respondents (comprises those who hunt and those who do not hunt) based on "moral justification" found hunting to be morally wrong.

However, the reasons for 59% of respondents who had never hunted before were not based on morals. So, this implies they have other reasons outside morals as to why they do not hunt. Therefore, we can conclude that moral objection is not only the reason why people do not hunt.

Option D - Incorrect
This assertion goes too far in logic by referencing comparison. The passage does not mention any statistics between 'people who had hunted before but stopped because of a moral objection' and 'those who had never hunted but didn't find it morally wrong'.

Option E - Incorrect
We cannot validate this claim from the passage.