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21 Jul 2023, 08:42
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Stanindaw
There doesn't necessarily have to be any falsehood involved. There are many ways to introduce bias, such as selection and emphasis of certain reports over others. All we need to know is that this practice is likely to lead to bias. We don't need that know for sure that bias will occur, and we don't need precise details on the kind of bias. It's enough to know that this creates a strong incentive toward emphasizing positive reports over negative.
As for B, it's not about those missing words. It's simply that there's no reason to believe that using the company's own reports will lead to bias.
There doesn't necessarily have to be any falsehood involved. There are many ways to introduce bias, such as selection and emphasis of certain reports over others. All we need to know is that this practice is likely to lead to bias. We don't need that know for sure that bias will occur, and we don't need precise details on the kind of bias. It's enough to know that this creates a strong incentive toward emphasizing positive reports over negative.
As for B, it's not about those missing words. It's simply that there's no reason to believe that using the company's own reports will lead to bias.
22 Jul 2023, 05:19
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Hi Experts, KarishmaB, AndrewN
I encountered this question on my Official Mock-3. I boiled it down to A and B but selected B in the end. Yes, I understood that A is more concise and to the point, but I'm not able to eliminate B completely.
Can you please shed your valuable view as to how can we eliminate B?
Thanks in advance.
I encountered this question on my Official Mock-3. I boiled it down to A and B but selected B in the end. Yes, I understood that A is more concise and to the point, but I'm not able to eliminate B completely.
Can you please shed your valuable view as to how can we eliminate B?
Thanks in advance.
23 Jul 2023, 03:37
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ChandlerBong
Hello, ChandlerBong. This is a case in which conciseness works against an answer choice, for (B), by referring to the act of using reports, must be understood to mean any reports from the analysts. The passage tells us that these analysts only sometimes send unfavorable reports, not all the time, so ignoring all reports from the analysts would probably be a bad idea. Using just those that appeared to be unbiased would be in keeping with the recommendation. You might also be caught up on the phrasing of the latter part of the answer choice: how best to raise capital for a client sounds like a judgment is made in favor of one option over another. However, here, the passage and answer choice align nearly word for word:
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If using reports is not a problem in and of itself, and if the goal fits the "positive" role described in the first half of the second sentence of the passage, before but, then answer choice (B) stops looking so alluring. I will admit that the question is difficult, but it shows that you cannot simply piece together different parts of the passage in an answer choice to fit an interpretation you want to be there. Difficult questions often fit less common molds.
Thank you for thinking to ask, and good luck with your studies.
- Andrew
