Information and IdeasHardEvidence for a claim about a policy's effect
Information and Ideas practice question
A council claims that its free bus pass for under-18s has increased young people's use of the town's library.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. Since the pass was introduced, library visits by under-18s have risen by 30 percent, while visits by adults have not changed.Correct
- B. The library has extended its opening hours.
- C. More buses now stop outside the library.
- D. The number of under-18s in the town has fallen.
Answer: A. Since the pass was introduced, library visits by under-18s have risen by 30 percent, while visits by adults have not changed.
A rise among the group given the pass, and none among others.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The library has extended its opening hours.
- Longer hours would be a rival explanation, not support.
- C. More buses now stop outside the library.
- More buses would be a rival explanation.
- D. The number of under-18s in the town has fallen.
- Fewer young people would make a rise harder to explain, not easier.
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