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One in 1,000 licensed traders will eventually be convicted of violation of the Securities and Exchange Act. Over the last five years, 8 of the 1,000 traders at Salamen, a top trading firm, have been convicted of such violations. This record clearly indicates that traders at Salamen are approximately 8 times as corrupt as traders at other trading firms.
Which one of the following statements, if true, most weakens the argument?
A) Salamen hires from business schools with the highest quality of graduates and the most scrupulous standards.
B) The Securities and Exchange Commission is far more likely to investigate trading firms than other businesses.
C) A greater number of the Salamen employees with MBAs investigated for possible violations of the Securities and Exchange Act were cleared of all wrong-doing than were their counterparts at other trading firms.
D) Most of the employees of Salamen are scrupulously honest and would not intentionally act in such a way as to violate a regulation such as the Securities and Exchange Act.
E) The level of corruption of individuals on a staff is not directly related to the proportion of these individuals who have been convicted of corrupt behavior.
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Which one of the following statements, if true, most weakens the argument?
A) Salamen hires from business schools with the highest quality of graduates and the most scrupulous standards.
B) The Securities and Exchange Commission is far more likely to investigate trading firms than other businesses.
C) A greater number of the Salamen employees with MBAs investigated for possible violations of the Securities and Exchange Act were cleared of all wrong-doing than were their counterparts at other trading firms.
D) Most of the employees of Salamen are scrupulously honest and would not intentionally act in such a way as to violate a regulation such as the Securities and Exchange Act.
E) The level of corruption of individuals on a staff is not directly related to the proportion of these individuals who have been convicted of corrupt behavior.
please explain
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11 Jul 2006, 19:08
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Salamen is accused as a corrupted firm.
Need to prove somehow that the accusation is not true.
A) not clear, just because you get staff members from a good institution, it does not mean they are going to be honest...
B) Ok, but does not help to weaken the accusation
C) seems possible, a greater number of accused have been cleared compared to another firm, but not all. this statement helps to aliviate the accusation as Salamen being more corrupt.
D) we do not know this... this seems more like an opinion, not the best answer.
E) seems possible... I guess this mentions that we can not assume that all the apples are bad just because we have one bad one in the basket...
I am going with C
Need to prove somehow that the accusation is not true.
A) not clear, just because you get staff members from a good institution, it does not mean they are going to be honest...
B) Ok, but does not help to weaken the accusation
C) seems possible, a greater number of accused have been cleared compared to another firm, but not all. this statement helps to aliviate the accusation as Salamen being more corrupt.
D) we do not know this... this seems more like an opinion, not the best answer.
E) seems possible... I guess this mentions that we can not assume that all the apples are bad just because we have one bad one in the basket...
I am going with C
Only realized when I compared notes with the others... 
