G: The group of works exhibited in this year’s Metropolitan Art Show reveals a bias in favor of photographers. Equal numbers of photographers, sculptors, and painters submitted works that met the traditional criteria for the show, yet more photographs were exhibited than either sculptures or paintings. As you know, each artist was allowed to submit work in one medium only.
H: How could there have been bias? All submitted works that met the traditional criteria—and only those works—were exhibited in the show.
Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports G’s allegation of bias?
(A) If an artist has had one of his or her works exhibited in the Metropolitan Art Show, that artist has an advantage in getting commissions and selling works over artists who have never had a work exhibited in the show. - WRONG. This can be something that may happen later on once the artists is well known due to exhibition of his/her art. This is not signifying any bias.
(B) The fee for entering photographs in the Metropolitan Art Show was $25 per work submitted, while the fee for each painting or sculpture submitted was $75. - CORRECT. It looks too good to be true. It does points out a bias(moneywise) in a straight forward manner. This may have eventually lead to bias in participation of artists from other two segment. Though there is still a possibility that equal participation was there but again if that's so some assumption is required.
(C) The committee that selected from the submitted works the ones to be exhibited in this year’s Metropolitan Art Show had four members: one photographer, one sculptor, one painter, and one who works in all three media but is the least known of the four members. - WRONG. Nothing is inferable about bias as such.
(D) Reviews of this year’s Metropolitan Art Show that appeared in major newspapers and magazines tended to give more coverage to the photographs in the show than to the sculptures and paintings that were exhibited. - WRONG. Bias is media coverage not exhibition.
(E) In previous years, it has often happened that more paintings or more sculptures were exhibited in the Metropolitan Art Show than photographs, even though the total number of works exhibited each year does not vary widely. - WRONG. Further assumptions are required for it stand any chance. But that is wrong to do. Bias in previous years to others does not mean it tilted this year to photography.
Answer B.
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