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During periods when a large number of patients are admitted to a hospital, more qualified nurses are hired and more money is spent on nurse training than when the number of patients in a hospital is low. Thus, the average number of mistakes made by nurses should be lower during periods when there is a large number of patients in a hospital than when there is a small number of patients in a hospital and less money is available to hire qualified nurses and provide training to all nurses.
Which of the following, if true about a hospital during a period in which a large number of patients are admitted, casts the most serious doubt on the conclusion drawn above?
A. Its nurses demand higher wages than they do at other times.
B. Its nurses have less time to spend with each patient than they have at other times.
C. Its staff members are less likely to lose their jobs then they are at other times.
D. Its management provides opportunities for patients to provide feedback about their nurses.
E. Its training program for nurses is very rigorous.
Which of the following, if true about a hospital during a period in which a large number of patients are admitted, casts the most serious doubt on the conclusion drawn above?
A. Its nurses demand higher wages than they do at other times.
B. Its nurses have less time to spend with each patient than they have at other times.
C. Its staff members are less likely to lose their jobs then they are at other times.
D. Its management provides opportunities for patients to provide feedback about their nurses.
E. Its training program for nurses is very rigorous.
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During periods when a large number of patients are admitted to a hospital, more qualified nurses are hired and more money is spent on nurse training than when the number of patients in a hospital is low. Thus, the average number of mistakes made by nurses should be lower during periods when there is a large number of patients in a hospital than when there is a small number of patients in a hospital and less money is available to hire qualified nurses and provide training to all nurses.
conclusion:[/bThus, the average number of mistakes made by nurses should be lower during periods when there is a large number of patients in a hospital than when there is a small number of patients in a hospital .
[b]reasoning/ underlying assumption: number of mistakes should lower when patients are more because the nurses receive training
i.e, training= less mistakes and less money= less training
we need to attack the reasoning probably by providing a reason that undermines the training program!
A. Its nurses demand higher wages than they do at other times.
wages are irrelevant and has nothing to do with performing fewer mistakes
B. Its nurses have less time to spend with each patient than they have at other times.
this option weakens the argument since if less times is spent then the nurses are more prone to making mistakes!!
C. Its staff members are less likely to lose their jobs then they are at other times.
loosing jobs is completely irrelevant to the argument and our reasoning
D. Its management provides opportunities for patients to provide feedback about their nurses.
feedbacks are not responsible for fewer mistakes its out of scope
E. Its training program for nurses is very rigorous.
this is a strengthener !! it supports the training whereas we are supposed to attack it
conclusion:[/bThus, the average number of mistakes made by nurses should be lower during periods when there is a large number of patients in a hospital than when there is a small number of patients in a hospital .
[b]reasoning/ underlying assumption: number of mistakes should lower when patients are more because the nurses receive training
i.e, training= less mistakes and less money= less training
we need to attack the reasoning probably by providing a reason that undermines the training program!
A. Its nurses demand higher wages than they do at other times.
wages are irrelevant and has nothing to do with performing fewer mistakes
B. Its nurses have less time to spend with each patient than they have at other times.
this option weakens the argument since if less times is spent then the nurses are more prone to making mistakes!!
C. Its staff members are less likely to lose their jobs then they are at other times.
loosing jobs is completely irrelevant to the argument and our reasoning
D. Its management provides opportunities for patients to provide feedback about their nurses.
feedbacks are not responsible for fewer mistakes its out of scope
E. Its training program for nurses is very rigorous.
this is a strengthener !! it supports the training whereas we are supposed to attack it
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C) if nurses are less likely to lose their jobs they could commit more mistakes borne out of security that they won't lose their jobs.
B) we would want to know if nurses have less than sufficient time for each patient. Less time from when patients are few doesn't mean they less than sufficient time.
I mean to say,can we ignore c completely ?
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B) we would want to know if nurses have less than sufficient time for each patient. Less time from when patients are few doesn't mean they less than sufficient time.
I mean to say,can we ignore c completely ?
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