{"id":21469,"date":"2013-12-20T02:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=21469"},"modified":"2013-11-05T08:22:53","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T15:22:53","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-20-statistics-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-20-statistics-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 20): Statistics and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Which of the following sets has the same standard deviation as set <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%28a%2C+b%2C+c%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(a, b, c)' title='(a, b, c)' class='latex' \/>?<\/p>\n<p>(A) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%28ab%2C+b%5E2%2C+cb%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(ab, b^2, cb)' title='(ab, b^2, cb)' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(B) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%282a%2C+b+%2B+a%2C+c+%2B+b%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(2a, b + a, c + b)' title='(2a, b + a, c + b)' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(C) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%280%2C+b+%2B+a%2C+c+-+a%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(0, b + a, c - a)' title='(0, b + a, c - a)' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(D) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%28ab%2C+bc%2C+ac%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(ab, bc, ac)' title='(ab, bc, ac)' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(E) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%28ab+%2B+c%2C+a%281+%2B+b%29%2C+b%281%2Ba%29%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(ab + c, a(1 + b), b(1+a))' title='(ab + c, a(1 + b), b(1+a))' class='latex' \/> <\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m11-72303.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- E -<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: rgb(141, 179, 226); border-top: 4px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5px; margin-left: 20px; font-size: 15px; font-family: Gergia,serif; font-weight: bold\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 19px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px\">GMAT Daily Deals<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">e-GMAT\u2019s methods help non-natives improve on GMAT Verbal. $595 total savings @ GMAT Club. 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Clearly carpenters working on hotels before 1930 typically worked with more skill, care, and effort than carpenters who have worked on hotels built subsequently.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the guidebook writer\u2019s argument?<\/p>\n<p>(A) The quality of original carpentry in hotels is generally far superior to the quality of original carpentry in other structures, such as houses and stores.<br \/>\n(B) Hotels built since 1930 can generally accommodate more guests than those built before 1930.<br \/>\n(C) The materials available to carpenters working before 1930 were not significantly different in quality from the materials available to carpenters working after 1930.<br \/>\n(D) The better the quality of original carpentry in a building, the less likely that building is to fall into disuse and be demolished.<br \/>\n(E) The average length of apprenticeship for carpenters has declined significantly since 1930.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/guidebook-writer-i-have-visited-hotels-throughout-the-75636.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- D -<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like these questions?<\/strong> Get the GMAT Club question collection: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/tests\/\">online at GMAT Club<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FGMAT-Club%2FB0048PPF3U%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dntt_athr_dp_pel_1&tag=gmatclub-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957\">on your Kindle<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=blog&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgmat-toolkit%252Fid328345537%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30\">on your iPhone\/iPad<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/gmat-tests\/\"><strong>Browse all GMAT Questions of the Day<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to GMAT Question of the Day:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=GMAT-Question-of-the-day&amp;loc=en_US\">E-mail<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/GMAT-Question-of-the-day\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (PS) Which of the following sets has the same standard deviation as set ? 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