Information and IdeasHardDetail: what the survey found about sleep
Information and Ideas practice question
A survey of 2,000 adults asked how many hours they slept on a typical weeknight. The average was 6.8 hours. But the average concealed a split: a third of respondents slept less than six hours, and these were concentrated among shift workers and parents of young children, while most other respondents slept between seven and eight.
According to the text, which group was most likely to report sleeping less than six hours?
- A. Shift workers and parents of young children.Correct
- B. Respondents who slept between seven and eight hours.
- C. The two thirds of respondents outside the short-sleep group.
- D. Adults who did not answer the survey.
Answer: A. Shift workers and parents of young children.
The short sleepers were concentrated among them.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Respondents who slept between seven and eight hours.
- Those slept more, by definition.
- C. The two thirds of respondents outside the short-sleep group.
- They mostly slept seven to eight.
- D. Adults who did not answer the survey.
- Not in the survey.
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