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09 Dec 2019, 08:28
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What I dont understand is the part- sixth month of the baby day care program
So for all the options the 1st five months were ok but in the 6th month it suddenly increased??
Can someone pls explain this part- 6th month
If they do have nannies to take care of sick and healthy babies then it explains the program's apparent lack of success.
If the day care is hot humid and uncomfortable then program should have failed from the start not only in the 6th month
So for all the options the 1st five months were ok but in the 6th month it suddenly increased??
Can someone pls explain this part- 6th month
If they do have nannies to take care of sick and healthy babies then it explains the program's apparent lack of success.
If the day care is hot humid and uncomfortable then program should have failed from the start not only in the 6th month
14 May 2020, 21:47
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Same here, i choose E. The question asks us to explain why it fails.
The question never asks why there is no reduction.
Option E tells us there are more employees but how does that explain the reason why the day care fails?
Just because more trains are provided, but there are no reduction does not the additional trains are not good. More populations could contribute why the the number of passenger per trains do not reduce, in fact it strengthens the effectiveness of the new plans.
Could someone tells me in which part i falter in my reasoning?
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The question never asks why there is no reduction.
Option E tells us there are more employees but how does that explain the reason why the day care fails?
Just because more trains are provided, but there are no reduction does not the additional trains are not good. More populations could contribute why the the number of passenger per trains do not reduce, in fact it strengthens the effectiveness of the new plans.
Could someone tells me in which part i falter in my reasoning?
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What most people are not understanding is the way the linkage has been created in the question-
The way the question is framed is that it says "apparent lack of success"
It was expected that due to the implementation of this program, the sick leaves will go down but they did not (this is the apparent lack of success or the paradox in this question). Apparent lack of success doesn't mean failure of the program but the paradox.
Look at option A now: If a nanny is available to stay home with a sick child, then a parent does not need to call in sick. This group of parents is not the target of the free day-care plan, so this answer choice is irrelevant to the situation.
It can be expected that this group of parents was not even taking sick leaves before the plan got implemented. Carefully read the statement "the company's CEO instituted free on-site daycare in hopes of reducing the number of employees engaging in this practice".
Option E: Simply says that the employee count in that month increased and hence it could be likely that the number of sick leaves increased. Another way to explain this- suppose in month 1 you have food for 100 people in the office cafeteria. Next month it is reported by the HR department that there was a shortage of food in the cafeteria. Now if we had an option that said that in that particular month 100 more new people joined office. Would that not be enough to fill the gap as to why did the food shortage takes place. An answer choice doesn't necessarily need to be bulletproof, just that it should increase our belief in something. That is exactly what option E is doing.
Bunuel do you agree?
The way the question is framed is that it says "apparent lack of success"
It was expected that due to the implementation of this program, the sick leaves will go down but they did not (this is the apparent lack of success or the paradox in this question). Apparent lack of success doesn't mean failure of the program but the paradox.
Look at option A now: If a nanny is available to stay home with a sick child, then a parent does not need to call in sick. This group of parents is not the target of the free day-care plan, so this answer choice is irrelevant to the situation.
It can be expected that this group of parents was not even taking sick leaves before the plan got implemented. Carefully read the statement "the company's CEO instituted free on-site daycare in hopes of reducing the number of employees engaging in this practice".
Option E: Simply says that the employee count in that month increased and hence it could be likely that the number of sick leaves increased. Another way to explain this- suppose in month 1 you have food for 100 people in the office cafeteria. Next month it is reported by the HR department that there was a shortage of food in the cafeteria. Now if we had an option that said that in that particular month 100 more new people joined office. Would that not be enough to fill the gap as to why did the food shortage takes place. An answer choice doesn't necessarily need to be bulletproof, just that it should increase our belief in something. That is exactly what option E is doing.
Bunuel do you agree?
