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Kindly help on this question CR

by abhisheklinq » Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:24 pm
Statician :A financial magazine claimed that its survey of its subscribers showed that north Americans are more concerned about their personal finances than about politics.One question was:"which do you think about more:politics or the joy of earning money?" this question is clearly biased.Also the readers of the magazine are self selecting sample.Thus there is reason to be skeptical about the conclusion drawn in the magazines survey.

Each of the following ,if true,would strengthen the statician argument EXCEPT.

option1: other surveys suggest that north Americans are just as concerned about politics as they are about the finances.

option2:Other surveys suggest that north Americans are concerned not only with politics and finances, but also with social issues.

I am providing two options only as I am stuck between these two only, other option are out of scence.

Kindly guide which one is more correct.
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by abhisheklinq » Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:35 pm
I understood the answer, actually the option 2 is the correct answer because its a neutral statement ,but the option 2 supports the statement ,

I was not able to understand how option 2 supports it, because option 2 is opposite of what is claimed in the survey and the statician is skeptical about the overall survey.

So option 1 is the incorrect answer :twisted: :twisted:
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by killer1387 » Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:22 am
2 is a sort of generic statement i.e. its obviously possible for those guys to be concerned with many things apart from finance /politics, hence correct.
1 strengthens by saying that their concern for both is equal.
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by GmatKiss » Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:14 am
IMO: 2
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