avohden wrote:
A recent study of Las Vegas clubs showed that out of a large group of club-goers surveyed, those who visited clubs more than three times a week typically drank significantly more alcoholic beverages per club visit than those who attended clubs three times a week or less. Therefore, people trying to cut back on alcohol consumption in Las Vegas should limit their club-going to three times a week maximum.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the author’s conclusion?
A. Las Vegas clubs offer drink specials to customers who frequent their clubs more than 3+ times a week.
B. The study’s results only held up for Las Vegas clubs, not for clubs in other major cities in Nevada.
C. Many recovering alcoholics in Las Vegas formerly frequented clubs more than three times a week.
D. The study also showed that club-goers who attend clubs 3+ times a week, unlike those who attend less than three times a week, typically choose to visit upscale clubs which require two-drink minimums.
E. Drink coupons are extremely popular in Las Vegas clubs, and are typically distributed evenly to all patrons in Las Vegas clubs, though they must be used within a week of being distributed.
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Dear
avohden,
Is this a Veritas question? Usually, their material is very high quality. This question has an egregious grammar mistake ---
"...
who attended clubs three times a week or less."
should be
"...
who attended clubs three times a week or fewer."
Such a blatant grammar mistake would never appear in a real GMAT question, and the higher quality test prep sources tend to adhere to this standard.
I must say, in this question
(B) &
(C) &
(E) are easy to eliminate. Choices
(A) &
(D) are both strong weakeners. I suppose one could make an argument that
(D) is more compelling --- required drink purchases, as opposed to discounted prices encouraging drink purchases ---- but then again, one could make the argument that two drinks is not a lot of alcohol, but the clubs that offer specials encourage vast amounts of drinking, much more than two drinks per evening. I don't know. If
(D) is the OA, then
(A) is not clearly and obviously incorrect: in other words, if
(D) were not here,
(A) easily could be the answer. That's just not the way GMAT CR works. On the real GMAT, there is one clearly correct answer and four choices that can be eliminated for unambiguously clear reasons. Overall, I am not happy with the quality of this question. If this really is a Veritas question, then I am surprised.
Does all this make sense?
Mike