trulyness wrote:
A study conducted over a 6-month period analyzed daily attendance and average length of visit at the local art museum. The results showed that when the museum was not featuring a special exhibition, attendance tended to be lower but patrons spent an average of 45 minutes longer in the museum than when it was featuring a special exhibition.
Each of the following, if true, could help to explain the differing average lengths of visits to the museum EXCEPT:
(A) Visitors to the museum during special exhibitions tend to have narrower artistic interests, and do not view as many different exhibits during their visit.
This definitely address the issue and gives ample reason as of why the time window taken by the vistors are more therefore eleminate
(B) A plan to extend normal museum hours during special exhibitions was considered but not enacted during the period studied.
This doesn't have the slighest impact on the core issue or the paradox at hand therefore let us eleminate therefore our option
(C) Many people who go to special exhibitions go simply for the prestige of having been there.
Thie sentence even though doesn't address the major issue of time constraint however we can still assume the people who attend the special ocassion has no artistic taste therefore spen less time , therefore let us eleminate
(D) Admission tickets to the special exhibitions at the museum are issued for a specific 1-hour period on a specific day.
This even though doesn't address whether more time is allotted for non-special occasion however we still can make aasumption more time is allotted during normal days therefore out
(E) Many people who go to special exhibitions are on organized tours and do not have the opportunity to browse.
This definitely helps us in understand why the total time utilized is pretty low therefore out
THerefore IMO B