Expression of IdeasVery hardSynthesis: qualifying a statistic
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- The library's visitor count rose 60% between 2022 and 2024.
- In 2023 the library began hosting the town's job centre two days a week.
- Book loans rose 5% over the same period.
- Job centre users are counted as library visitors.
- The library's opening hours did not change.
The student wants to present the rise in visitors while being clear about what it does and does not show. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Visitors rose 60% between 2022 and 2024, but since the library began hosting the job centre in 2023 and counts its users as visitors, the rise says more about the job centre than about reading, for which loans rose only 5%.Correct
- B. Visitors rose 60% between 2022 and 2024.
- C. Book loans rose 5%.
- D. The library hosts the job centre two days a week.
Answer: A. Visitors rose 60% between 2022 and 2024, but since the library began hosting the job centre in 2023 and counts its users as visitors, the rise says more about the job centre than about reading, for which loans rose only 5%.
The number, its cause, and the modest loans figure.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Visitors rose 60% between 2022 and 2024.
- The statistic without the qualification.
- C. Book loans rose 5%.
- The qualification without the statistic.
- D. The library hosts the job centre two days a week.
- The cause without either figure.
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