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Originally posted by minwoswoh on 04 Jan 2015, 16:26.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 16 Oct 2023, 05:30, edited 4 times in total.
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Dropdown 1: High
Dropdown 2: on or near election day
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The graphic displays the results of a study in which subjects were asked about their levels of exposure to television campaign news coverage at various times during the course of a political campaign. and whether they considered changing their votes at any time during the course of the campaign. Amount of exposure to campaign news coverage was measured on a four-point scale of 1 (low). 2 (low-moderate). 3 (moderate- high). and 4 (high). Decimal numbers on the vertical axis express percentages of respondents who considered changing their minds during the campaign.
Select from the drop-down menus the options that create the statement that most accurately reflects the information provided.
Q. Among the participants in the study. those with a level of exposure to television campaign news coverage were most likely to consider changing their vote during the campaign.
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16 Jan 2015, 18:23
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Hi minwoswoh,
In the IR section, you'll face at least one prompt that is real "data heavy." You've correctly noted that you don't need to understand all of the data to answer the given question (and oftentimes, you only need to "find" and "pull out" the small chunk of relevant data to get to the correct answer). You should always start with a quick analysis of the table (what does each axes represent and are there any general trends/patterns that you can quickly spot), then read the text description next to the table. While it's tempting to want to try to immediately understand everything involved, you shouldn't put too much energy into trying to define every detail because the attached question(s) almost never require that level of work.
Your approach was fine, although some of the work was unnecessary (given the question that came with this prompt). Test Day requires some flexibility on your part - sometimes you'll have to do more work to answer an IR question, sometimes you'll have to do less. Instead of trying to process every nuance though, take a broad assessment of what you have to work with, then note what information the question requires you to focus on.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
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In the IR section, you'll face at least one prompt that is real "data heavy." You've correctly noted that you don't need to understand all of the data to answer the given question (and oftentimes, you only need to "find" and "pull out" the small chunk of relevant data to get to the correct answer). You should always start with a quick analysis of the table (what does each axes represent and are there any general trends/patterns that you can quickly spot), then read the text description next to the table. While it's tempting to want to try to immediately understand everything involved, you shouldn't put too much energy into trying to define every detail because the attached question(s) almost never require that level of work.
Your approach was fine, although some of the work was unnecessary (given the question that came with this prompt). Test Day requires some flexibility on your part - sometimes you'll have to do more work to answer an IR question, sometimes you'll have to do less. Instead of trying to process every nuance though, take a broad assessment of what you have to work with, then note what information the question requires you to focus on.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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04 Jan 2015, 16:29
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Hi there,
I really don´t know how to read this graph. I am going to take 1 group (“early in campaign”) to explain how I think it should be read. Would someone please check whether my reasoning is correct?
“Early in the campaign”, there were 4 types of people:
- those who have a level 1 of exposure to tv campaign news coverage
- those who have a level 2 of exposure to tv campaign news coverage
- those who have a level 3 of exposure to tv campaign news coverage
- those who have a level 4 of exposure to tv campaign news coverage
- 65% of those who have a level 1 of exposure “early in the campaign” considered changing their vote during the campaign. Likewise, 35% of this group didn´t consider so.
- 55% of those who have a level 2 of exposure “early in the campaign” considered changing their vote during the campaign. Likewise, 45% of this group didn´t consider so.
- 49% of those who have a level 3 of exposure “early in the campaign” considered changing their vote during the campaign. Likewise, 51% of this group didn´t consider so.
- 40% of those who have a level 4 of exposure “early in the campaign” considered changing their vote during the campaign. Likewise, 60% of this group didn´t consider so.
This reasoning should be repeated with the remaining 3 groups:
- long before election day
- before campaign
- on/near election day
- All this information is presented in relative values (percentages).
- All percentages are taken not only from within each particular group (“early in campaign”) but also within each particular subgroup (“early in campaign” & “exposure 1”).
- We have absolutely no idea what group is larger/smaller (“early in campaign” vs. “before campaign”)
- We have absolutely no idea what subgroup is larger/smaller (“early in campaign & exposure 1” vs. “early in campaign & exposure 2”)
Why this can be counterintuitive: because the x-axis doesn´t represent time.
One thing: I am perfectly aware that in order to answer this type of question, one should be “question-based” and not “prompt-based”. In other words, there are a lot of irrelevant data and we surely don´t need that much info to answer this particular question.
However, I want to make sure I know how to read this graph since I´ve seen this type in other occasions!!
Would you help me?
Thanks!!
I really don´t know how to read this graph. I am going to take 1 group (“early in campaign”) to explain how I think it should be read. Would someone please check whether my reasoning is correct?
“Early in the campaign”, there were 4 types of people:
- those who have a level 1 of exposure to tv campaign news coverage
- those who have a level 2 of exposure to tv campaign news coverage
- those who have a level 3 of exposure to tv campaign news coverage
- those who have a level 4 of exposure to tv campaign news coverage
- 65% of those who have a level 1 of exposure “early in the campaign” considered changing their vote during the campaign. Likewise, 35% of this group didn´t consider so.
- 55% of those who have a level 2 of exposure “early in the campaign” considered changing their vote during the campaign. Likewise, 45% of this group didn´t consider so.
- 49% of those who have a level 3 of exposure “early in the campaign” considered changing their vote during the campaign. Likewise, 51% of this group didn´t consider so.
- 40% of those who have a level 4 of exposure “early in the campaign” considered changing their vote during the campaign. Likewise, 60% of this group didn´t consider so.
This reasoning should be repeated with the remaining 3 groups:
- long before election day
- before campaign
- on/near election day
- All this information is presented in relative values (percentages).
- All percentages are taken not only from within each particular group (“early in campaign”) but also within each particular subgroup (“early in campaign” & “exposure 1”).
- We have absolutely no idea what group is larger/smaller (“early in campaign” vs. “before campaign”)
- We have absolutely no idea what subgroup is larger/smaller (“early in campaign & exposure 1” vs. “early in campaign & exposure 2”)
Why this can be counterintuitive: because the x-axis doesn´t represent time.
One thing: I am perfectly aware that in order to answer this type of question, one should be “question-based” and not “prompt-based”. In other words, there are a lot of irrelevant data and we surely don´t need that much info to answer this particular question.
However, I want to make sure I know how to read this graph since I´ve seen this type in other occasions!!
Would you help me?
Thanks!!
