Information and IdeasHardInference from a pattern in a survey
Information and Ideas practice question
In a survey, residents of the streets nearest the new park rated their neighbourhood more highly than they had a year earlier, while ratings on streets more than a mile away were unchanged. House prices near the park rose; those further away did not. This suggests that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the park's benefits to residents and to property values are concentrated close to it.Correct
- B. the park has made the whole town more desirable.
- C. residents far from the park dislike it.
- D. house prices everywhere are falling.
Answer: A. the park's benefits to residents and to property values are concentrated close to it.
Improvements near the park, none further away: a local effect.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the park has made the whole town more desirable.
- Streets a mile away saw no change.
- C. residents far from the park dislike it.
- Unchanged ratings are not dislike.
- D. house prices everywhere are falling.
- Prices near the park rose.
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