noboru wrote:
According to a recent magazine article, of those office employees who typically work 8 hours at the office each day but sometimes say that they will work at home on a particular day, 25 percent actually work less than one hour. At the same time, over 90 percent of those same office employees believe they are more productive working at home than working in their office.
The statements above, if true, best support which of the following conclusions about the office employees discussed in the article?
a On average, the office employees working at home for a day work fewer hours than office employees working at the office.
b 10 percent of the office employees are less productive working from home than working in their office.
c At least 15 percent of the office employees do not define productivity exclusively in terms of the number of hours worked.
d At least 25 percent of the office employees can complete the same amount of work in one hour at home as in 8 hours at the office.
e Some of the office employees make statements regarding their productivity that are not in fact true.
This question uses a very typical method to build a question - paradox.
The form is:A mentions X
B mentions Y
But, X and Y are different. There must be a GAP between X and Y
The question is built in a very tricky way. First,
you need to understand what "productive" is.
Productive is working more time OR less time?. In the scope of this question, Productive means employees work MORE time at home than at office.
In short, we have a formula:
MORE TIME = MORE PRODUCTIVE
LESS TIME = LESS PRODUCTIVEThere are two cases.
Case #1: 25 percent of employee actually work less than one hour. It means they work LESS productive at home than at office. ==>
75% of employee work MORE productiveCase #2:
over 90 percent of those same office employees believe they are
MORE productive working at home than at office.
The
difference between 90% and 75% is only explained by the fact that
at least 15 percent of the office employees do
not define productivity exclusively
in terms of the number of hours worked.
Note: "do not define productivity exclusively
in terms of the number of hours worked" means some employee do not understand (more time = more productive) OR (less time = more productive). That's why they made up a difference in their responses. This is the ultimate idea the question wants to convey.
Option C says: At least 15 percent of the office employees do not define productivity exclusively in terms of the number of hours worked. ==>
CORRECT.Note: We have "At least" because case #2 says "
over 90%...)
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