An internal survey revealed that some employees at Company Y

The reason that I find answer A to be correct is that it is non-unique. Those parents employed nannies before and after the new program was instituted.

IMO A
They employed nanies but still call in sick...

Can someone please explain why E is wrong?
As the no. Of employees increased so the no. Of ppl taking leave increased.

100 people work--------- 40 call for child
125 people work ---------50 calls. So E resolves the paradox. We need answer that is indifferent or sharpening the paradox, it is A

A it is because it doesn't explain why people take a day off to seat with sick children if they babysitter can do it. Hence other reason should be

Can anyone explain why A is correct and why not E

Hi shasara!
A is correct because this is Except question. Hence we should find an answer that doesn't explain why free-day plan wasn't successful. A says that "many parents gave nannies". Hence parents could leave children with nannies and do not take day off. But they did take. Hence there should be other reason. And about E. E is incorrect since the argument states that "number of employees who called in sick to care for a sick child was actually higher in the sixth month of the on-site day-care program than it had been the month before the program was instituted.". Hence if total number of employees increased by 25% this increase explains why number of employees was higher in the sixth month but not the month before the program was instituted. Hope it is clear

How does E prove that the plan was lack of success?

E is stating that there is an 25% increase in total number of employees.
Now, Because there is 25% increase - hence we can say that the number of sick leaves has increased a bit from previous data.(prior to 6month period).
Hence, supporting the premise.
thereby, it MIGHT account for the free day-care plan's apparent lack of success .

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Straightforward A

It doesn't help resolve the paradox.

An internal survey revealed that some employees at Company Y had called in sick in order to take care of a sick child. The company's CEO instituted free on-site day care in hopes of reducing the number of employees engaging in this practice. However, the number of employees who called in sick to care for a sick child was actually higher in the sixth month of the on-site day-care program than it had been the month before the program was instituted.

Type - Explain Except - free day-care plan's apparent lack of success

(A) Many parents at Company Y employ nannies, who care for both sick and healthy children. -Correct
(B) Many parents declined to use the day care for fear that their sick children would catch a second illness from another sick child. Incorrect- It does explain a reason why parents would be reluctant to use the day-care
(C) The on-site free day-care center is noisy, hot, and uncomfortable. Incorrect- The center isn't good
(D) The sixth month of the on-site day-care program happened to fall at the height of flu season. - Incorrect
(E) During the six-month period in question, the number of employees at Company Y increased by 25%. - If there are 25% more people in the company, then you'll likely have more people in the day care AND more people calling in sick.

Answer A

I feel E is the right answer rather than A. This is an "Except" question. So 4 of the answers might account for the free-day-care plan's lack of success, and 1 might not.

Option (B) - Parents declined use of day care. Clearly, it accounts for the free day care plan's failure.
Option (C) - Day care is noisy, hot, and uncomfortable. So maybe parents declined use of day care. It accounts for the free day care plan's failure.
Option (A) - Many parents employ nannies. So those parents did not use day care. So, this also clearly accounts for the plan's failure.
Option (D) - Flu season might result in more sickness, maybe severe sickness. Parents may want to keep sick children at home rather than at a daycare. So again, it accounts for the plan's failure.
Option (E) - Increase in employees neither necessarily indicate increase in participation, nor lack of participation in the plan. No information is given to make any call here.

Also note that the question is NOT to account for the increase in no. of employees calling in sick, so inferring that "increase in employee count might have increased the no. of people calling sick" is irrelevant. Instead, the question is to account for the lack of success of the day care's plan. The day care's plan was to reduce the no. of employees calling in sick (2nd sentence of the argument). Option (A), (B) and (C) indicates lack of participation in the plan, resulting in non-reduction of employees calling in sick. Option (D) indicates possibility of increasing it. Option (E) is the only option that doesn't carry sufficient information to draw any inference.

I feel some people opting for (A) are looking only from the angle of "reduction of number of people calling in sick" only. But the conclusion is around implementation of free day care plan causing the reduction. People who were using nanny services before the program may have continued using their service. So the daycare program did not change their existing routine, and this indicates lack of success of the day care plan. So (A) cannot be the correct answer.

Please share your thoughts!!

Free day care failed and we have to find yes, it was failed.

(A) Many parents at Company Y employ nannies, who care for both sick and healthy children.
Does this strengthen the case that P was failed. No, it just say that Some parents employ nannies. Care for both sick and healthy children. This employ subset doesn't contribute in no. of employees who call in sick to take care of their children.

now there could be two situations:

1> they don't use day-care. :- No effect on no. of employees calling in sick.
2> they use day-care. :- No effect on no. of employees calling in sick. why because they were not the part of "number of people calling in sick"

SO A it is.

(E) During the six-month period in question, the number of employees at Company Y increased by 25%.
If no. of employees are more, it may be the case that more no. of parents, and more call-in-sick. so may be these parents are not choosing Day-care and that explains failure of day-care program.

BUT I BELIEVE ASSUMPTION HERE IS out of 25% -there are some parents and they are not opting for day care services.
but still it explains

chaudhurysr
implementation of free day care plan causing the reduction :- This was not in the question. The ques stem don't question implementation.

chaudhurysr
Why E is Wrong-
If number of employee is increased than obviously there are more chances of occurrence of they taking sick leaves.
Reasoning- A tank is filled with water, and it has 2 outlets. To make it empty you just need any of the 2 or both to be open.
However to keep it filled, you need both to be closed.

Only option A neither weakens nor strengthens.
Rest all explains the failure.

A) Many parents at Company Y employ nannies, who care for both sick and healthy children. It has no bearing on employees taking more leaves for sick children

(B) Many parents declined to use the day care for fear that their sick children would catch a second illness from another sick child. One child already sick..this could affect the number

(C) The on-site free day-care center is noisy, hot, and uncomfortable.
Definitely affects
(D) The sixth month of the on-site day-care program happened to fall at the height of flu season.
Affects

(E) During the six-month period in question, the number of employees at Company Y increased by 25%.
Number of employees inc could increase number of children as well

Answer is A

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