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Re: Clearly, the strict policy adopted by prestigious Central [#permalink]
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I will also vote for D. But I think E is also close. Can someone explain why not E.


I think its not E because it says "its impossible to tell whether cheating incidents disappeared due to another reason" so how do you say that cheating disappeared due to reasons other than what the author is saying??
E is just there to mislead us
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I would say ^ E ^ :roll:
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Re: Clearly, the strict policy adopted by prestigious Central [#permalink]
My choice on the Q was "E" too... will wait until some more posts before posting OA.
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My choice on the Q was "E" too... will wait until some more posts before posting OA.


buddy, that's bad news. It means that it is not the OA :cry:
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Re: Clearly, the strict policy adopted by prestigious Central [#permalink]
Yep :-( ... unfortunately that was not.... and I was very-very suprised with the OA...

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My choice on the Q was "E" too... will wait until some more posts before posting OA.


buddy, that's bad news. It means that it is not the OA :cry:
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Re: Clearly, the strict policy adopted by prestigious Central [#permalink]
Fell for the trap and went for 'E' ... reason, i.e., perhaps teachers clearly shows it is not a valid point but an example to an open ended point..

Left is 'A' and 'D' ...

'D' seems to be the one...
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Re: Clearly, the strict policy adopted by prestigious Central [#permalink]
Beyond was the closest ...

Believe it or not, OA is A.

Reasoning given (although I am not convinced!!) is that the if athletic programs have the highest part of the annual budget which can cause the teachers to avoid reporting of cheating!!
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Re: Clearly, the strict policy adopted by prestigious Central [#permalink]
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Beyond was the closest ...

Believe it or not, OA is A.

Reasoning given (although I am not convinced!!) is that the if athletic programs have the highest part of the annual budget which can cause the teachers to avoid reporting of cheating!!


What is the source?
Also, does OE say why its not D?

If athletic program has higher part of budget that school can save...maybe it can give the teachers a raise...how about that :)
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Re: Clearly, the strict policy adopted by prestigious Central [#permalink]
This one is from Nova Press online resources... As for why D is incorrect the explanation given is reproduced below ...

"Finally, choice (D) contradicts the author's conclusion that no cheating occurred, but it doesn't point out a problem with the author's reasoning."

I am not saying that I agree with the explanation.

After this question, I think I should use Nova mostly for quant and not for the verbal ... :P

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haas_mba07 wrote:
Beyond was the closest ...

Believe it or not, OA is A.

Reasoning given (although I am not convinced!!) is that the if athletic programs have the highest part of the annual budget which can cause the teachers to avoid reporting of cheating!!


What is the source?
Also, does OE say why its not D?

If athletic program has higher part of budget that school can save...maybe it can give the teachers a raise...how about that :)
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Re: Clearly, the strict policy adopted by prestigious Central [#permalink]
Thank you haas_mba07 for sharing the OE...

Not sure if we can expect questions with such answers in GMAT. Can any one share some thoughts here ??? :roll:
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Re: Clearly, the strict policy adopted by prestigious Central [#permalink]
I would still prefer E.

A) If the school saves on budget to athletic activities, then it can allocate to other needs. So gives an added incentive to report cheating. Actually, the first time around, I thought this was out of scope!
B) No mention of 'previous problems', hence cannot be correct.
C) Giving a scenario, not something that disproves the efficacy of the policy.
D) Probably the right answer, for reason mentioned by gmatmba
E) Very close, but left out because it is vague

I have Nova as well... only thing it seems to be good for is light reading :shock: Didn't find it very comprehensive, and I think some of the answers are not quite right!
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Re: Clearly, the strict policy adopted by prestigious Central [#permalink]
I dont inderstand, how can the books give such horrible OAs with even horrible OEs... :rocket
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Re: Clearly, the strict policy adopted by prestigious Central [#permalink]
paddyboy wrote:
I would still prefer E.

I have Nova as well... only thing it seems to be good for is light reading :shock: Didn't find it very comprehensive, and I think some of the answers are not quite right!



I would agree with that assesment, but I think if someone (like me) needs to brush up their rusty math skills it might be a good read-through.

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I dont inderstand, how can the books give such horrible OAs with even horrible OEs... :rocket


I am actually not surprised to find errors in some of these books anymore; Especially Barrons and Nova are known for their messed up OAs & OEs...

If anyone wants to add to the list with questionable OAs/OEs then please do.. maybe a thread for this will be a good idea, just as a "beware" flag...



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