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The graph shows the results of a study in which adult members of Canada's First Nations groups were asked to rate their feelings about various aspects of the quality of life of their families.

Select from the drop-down menus the options that create the statement that most accurately represents the information given in the graph.

Among  GRAPH_1_PLACEHOLDER  indicated least overall satisfaction was  GRAPH_2_PLACEHOLDER .

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KarishmaB · Accepted Answer

Adults were asked to rate their feelings about various aspects. The graph gives us information as "percentage of children whose parents rated their feelings.." So the adults were say fathers of 100 children and were asked what they thought about their children's schools etc i.e. the quality of life of their children.

So parents of 53% children said that schools & education programs etc are excellent or very good. Parents of 50% children said that cultural activities for their children were fair or poor etc. So say if a parent has 5 kids in the 100 children, and he says that schools are excellent, it will be counted 5 times.

How would you accurately represent info given in the graph?

Among  all respondents/children of survey respondents , the aspect which was rated 'least satisfaction' by their parents was  cultural activities.

Since the graph gives info on the percentage of children, we must say ' children of survey respondents'.  
The second blank is obviously  cultural activities  since 50% dissatisfaction is there. 
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Oppenheimer1945 · Answer

What's the OE for part 1? Can barely understand what's written

Vinit800HBS · Answer

The heading of the graph indicated that the dataset is representing "Children whose parents responded to certain criteria".

So, the first blank has to be about the Children.

Hence, among children whose parents responded to certain criteria, the least satisfaction was for cultural activities

GMATinsight · Answer

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arjun221199 · Answer

Can someone please explain the first part and Karishma's explanation about it. I didn't get the counted 5 times part...

Thanks!

zlishz · Answer

If the parent has 5 children, his/her opinion will be counted 5 times, as each child has a separate identity.

Ratikainen · Answer

My god. I guess GMAC guys are just going to bump up the difficult by making it as confusing as possible.
Is Q1 basically asking which aspect is this graph about? Aspect of life for children or for their parents?

kop18 · Answer

When we have been given "respondents with children" as an option in the dropdown then why is that not right? It is the adult members who have given the response.  chetan2u   KarishmaB   GMATinsight  please help

GMATinsight · Answer

Hi  kop18

The option 'Respondents with children' wouldn't form the correct sentence here: Read the two options below:

Your suggestion: Among  Respondents with children, the aspect for which these respondents  indicated the least overall satisfaction was  cultural activities.

Correct Answer: Among  children of survey respondents, the aspect for which their parents/guardians  indicated the least overall satisfaction was  cultural activities.

Wrong Answer:  
"Among Respondents with children, the aspect for which these respondents indicated least overall satisfaction was cultural activities."

• Issue: This statement implies that the respondents themselves are expressing dissatisfaction with cultural activities.

• Problem: The focus is on the respondents (parents/guardians) rather than their children.

Correct Answer:  
"Among children of survey respondents, the aspect for which their parents/guardians indicated least overall satisfaction was cultural activities."

• Correction: This statement correctly indicates that the dissatisfaction is about the cultural activities experienced by the children, as reported by their parents/guardians.

• Focus: The emphasis is on the children’s experiences and the parents/guardians' satisfaction with those experiences.

Summary:
The key difference is who is expressing dissatisfaction and about what. The wrong answer incorrectly focuses on the respondents' own experiences, while the correct answer accurately reflects the parents/guardians' satisfaction with their children's experiences.

Does that help clarify things?

secretsach · Answer

This feels like more of a ENGLISH language test, rather than G&T.

Yoaerez · Answer

I wouldn’t say sub 500 based on the percentage of people who got the wrong answer but it is crazy to compare these 800 rated questions after I just finished studying quant. This seems closer to an average 600-650 rated DI question on GMATclub but this level of difficulty would be 500-550 on quant.

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nisen20 · Answer

hi  RonPurewal  would you make some comments about this sentence, like old times?

i think this sentence is illogically constructed.
the adverbial modifier "among children" is modifying the main sentence "the aspect was ...," leaving us an absurd scenario that the aspect was among children.
the correct way to reconstruct this sentence could be:
 
 among various aspects, respondents rated cultural activities with the least overall satisfaction.

aside from grammatical error, the meaning conveyed is inconsistent with the prompt, which states that "adult members of Canada's First Nations groups were asked to rate their feelings."
it is parents/guardians representing their children completed this the survey, not children whose ideas might be correctly expressed or incorrectly expressed at all. so, "among children" is not appropriate wording to show what was happening during the survey, even though we accept it's grammatically correct.

Tanakaqwqwq · Answer

Apparently GMAC doesn't want non-native speakers in its graduate school. What a load of rubbish.

KarishmaB · Answer

Both natives and non-natives find this question hard, and if you get a question like this incorrect, the penalty is negligible.

sahil770 · Answer

OA
Recognize
RO1
The first answer choice does not represent information given in the graph because the graph gives percentages for certain groups of children of the respondents, not percentages for certain groups of respondents. Of the two remaining answer choices, B more accurately represents the information given in the graph than C.

The correct answer is children of survey respondents, the aspect for which their parents/guardians.

RO2
Among the answer choices, cultural activities has the greatest percentage of respondents for fair/poor (50% as compared to 15%, 24%, and 20%). Moreover, this is even the case if, for each of the quality of life categories besides cultural activities, all of the respondents who did not state their feelings are included (50% as compared to 15% + 4%, 24% + 2%, and 20% + 3%).

The correct answer is cultural activities.

egmat · Answer

This one can feel confusing at first, especially when you're trying to figure out who's rating what. Let me walk you through how to crack this systematically.

Step 1: The title is your best friend - read it carefully!

The chart title says: "Percentage of Off-Reserve First Nations Children Whose Parents/Guardians Rated Their Feelings about Quality of Life in Their Community"

Here's what you need to notice:
 
 The  children  are the subject (whose quality of life is being evaluated) 
 The  parents/guardians  are the ones providing the ratings 
 So the data shows what parents/guardians think about their children's community life

This tells you that for  Blank 1 , you're looking at "children of survey respondents" and "their parents/guardians" who provided the responses.

Answer for Blank 1: children of survey respondents, the aspect for which their parents/guardians

Step 2: Find the aspect with the least satisfaction

Now you need to compare satisfaction levels across all six aspects. Here's how to think about "least satisfaction":
 
 Look for the  lowest  percentage of "excellent/very good" ratings (light gray) 
 Look for the  highest  percentage of "fair/poor" ratings (white)

Let me show you the comparison:
 
 Schools/education: 53% excellent/very good → Strong satisfaction 
 Facilities for children: 51% excellent/very good → Strong satisfaction 
 Safety: 46% excellent/very good → Good satisfaction 
 Health facilities: 45% excellent/very good → Good satisfaction 
 Community involvement: 37% excellent/very good → Moderate satisfaction 
  Cultural activities: Only 17% excellent/very good, and 50% fair/poor → Clearly the lowest!

Cultural activities is the obvious answer - it has the lowest positive rating by far (just 17%) and the highest negative rating (50% rated it fair/poor). No other aspect even comes close to being this low.

Answer for Blank 2: cultural activities

The Key Takeaway:  Always start by understanding who's providing the data versus who the data is about, then systematically compare all options to find extremes (highest/lowest).

For the complete framework on how to approach all Data Interpretation questions systematically, including advanced techniques for quickly identifying patterns and avoiding common traps in graph analysis, you can check out the  detailed solution on Neuron by e-GMAT . You can also access comprehensive explanations for  other official questions on Neuron  with practice quizzes and analytics to strengthen your DI skills.

Hope this helps you ace these graph questions!

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