Hi odionam,The whole thing turns on one line in the stimulus that's easy to slide past:
"Each user tested both interfaces and, for each interface, said whether he or she would use that interface."So every user gives
two separate verdicts - one for Interface
1 and one for Interface
2. Saying "I would not use Interface
1" does
not mean "so I'll use Interface
2." A user can say no to
both. That's exactly why a "neither" group is real and cannot be ignored.
That gives four kinds of users:
- Yes to both (
0 "would not use" responses)
- Yes to only one (
1 "would not use" response)
- No to both, i.e.
neither (
2 "would not use" responses)
The
144 responses split as: (exactly one) +
2 × (neither) =
144.
Why Statement 1 alone isn't enoughStatement
1 only fixes
both = 60. It says nothing about how the
144 responses divide between the "exactly one" and "neither" groups. Watch two cases that both obey it:
- Neither =
0 - exactly one =
144 - total =
60 +
144 +
0 =
204- Neither =
40 - exactly one =
64 - total =
60 +
64 +
40 =
164Same statement,
two different totals - so Statement
1 can't pin the answer. The "neither" group is precisely the missing piece.
Not sufficient.Why Statement 2 closes itStatement
2 says neither = both. Call each one N. Then:
total = both + exactly one + neither = N + (exactly one) + N = (exactly one) +
2N
But (exactly one) +
2N is exactly the
144 responses we were given - so total =
144, no matter what N is. The unknowns cancel.
Sufficient.So the key fix is seeing that "no" to one interface says nothing about the other - which is what keeps the "neither" group alive and makes Statement
2 do the real work.
Answer: Bodionam
I am not getting why it required neither terms question was asked no. of users tested the two interfaces given single interfaces (not use an interface means use other one) and both are given in statement 1 so why it needs it for neither used interface. kindly help me out.