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In its yearly review of MBA programs, an independent evaluator gave Smith Business School a dismal ranking in its student satisfaction category. In order to increase student satisfaction and its national ranking, Smith Business School has decided to spend over $50 million upgrading its facilities, including its library, classroom space, and lounge areas.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest reason to expect that Smith Business School’s proposal will be successful in increasing its ranking?
A. The student satisfaction category encompasses a number of subjective factors, including value, quality of faculty, and facilities.
B. Yearly program rankings are an important factor in attracting the best candidates to a school.
C. Smith Business School has already secured the $50 million needed to upgrade its facilities.
D. The students surveyed for the business school rankings indicated that the number and diversity of courses offered at a school was a large component of student satisfaction.
E. The students at Smith School that were surveyed for the rankings indicated that they were extremely happy with the quality of instruction, price, and diversity of courses at the school.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest reason to expect that Smith Business School’s proposal will be successful in increasing its ranking?
A. The student satisfaction category encompasses a number of subjective factors, including value, quality of faculty, and facilities.
B. Yearly program rankings are an important factor in attracting the best candidates to a school.
C. Smith Business School has already secured the $50 million needed to upgrade its facilities.
D. The students surveyed for the business school rankings indicated that the number and diversity of courses offered at a school was a large component of student satisfaction.
E. The students at Smith School that were surveyed for the rankings indicated that they were extremely happy with the quality of instruction, price, and diversity of courses at the school.
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First, note that the question stem asks you to support or strengthen the argument. Like weaken questions, strengthen questions require you to first break down the argument and find the premise, conclusion, and assumption. Then, think about a way to make the argument better by supporting the assumption. The premise and conclusion are:
Premise: Smith Business School received a low ranking on student satisfaction in an annual evaluation.
Conclusion: Spending $50 million on facilities will help Smith increase its student satisfaction rating.
For this argument to work, you need an assumption that connects Smith’s low student ranking and its proposal to increase it by spending money upgrading facilities. The assumption is something along the lines of “upgrading student facilities will have a strong effect on student satisfaction.” To strengthen this argument, you need an answer choice that provides some information that increases the validity of the assumption.
The first choice doesn’t do much to help the argument. It merely states that a number of factors contribute to the student satisfaction score. But it doesn’t make it any more likely that upgrading facilities leads to higher student satisfaction scores.
Choice B may be true, but it’s not relevant to the argument. It doesn’t say anything about a connection between upgrading facilities and increasing student satisfaction scores.
Choice C isn’t the best choice either. While it is helpful to know that Smith has the money for the improvements, you need a choice that suggests that the improvements will help its student satisfaction rankings.
Choice D actually hurts the argument; if the number and diversity of courses is a large part of the student satisfaction score, then upgrading its facilities probably won’t help Smith too much. That leaves choice E, the best answer.
Choice E strengthens the argument by indicating that the students at Smith are happy with the other aspects of the school. If they are already happy with these aspects, it is more likely that upgrading the facilities will increase their satisfaction. Thus, this choice supports the assumption.
First, note that the question stem asks you to support or strengthen the argument. Like weaken questions, strengthen questions require you to first break down the argument and find the premise, conclusion, and assumption. Then, think about a way to make the argument better by supporting the assumption. The premise and conclusion are:
Premise: Smith Business School received a low ranking on student satisfaction in an annual evaluation.
Conclusion: Spending $50 million on facilities will help Smith increase its student satisfaction rating.
For this argument to work, you need an assumption that connects Smith’s low student ranking and its proposal to increase it by spending money upgrading facilities. The assumption is something along the lines of “upgrading student facilities will have a strong effect on student satisfaction.” To strengthen this argument, you need an answer choice that provides some information that increases the validity of the assumption.
The first choice doesn’t do much to help the argument. It merely states that a number of factors contribute to the student satisfaction score. But it doesn’t make it any more likely that upgrading facilities leads to higher student satisfaction scores.
Choice B may be true, but it’s not relevant to the argument. It doesn’t say anything about a connection between upgrading facilities and increasing student satisfaction scores.
Choice C isn’t the best choice either. While it is helpful to know that Smith has the money for the improvements, you need a choice that suggests that the improvements will help its student satisfaction rankings.
Choice D actually hurts the argument; if the number and diversity of courses is a large part of the student satisfaction score, then upgrading its facilities probably won’t help Smith too much. That leaves choice E, the best answer.
Choice E strengthens the argument by indicating that the students at Smith are happy with the other aspects of the school. If they are already happy with these aspects, it is more likely that upgrading the facilities will increase their satisfaction. Thus, this choice supports the assumption.
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In its yearly review of MBA programs, an independent evaluator gave Smith Business School a dismal ranking in its student satisfaction category. In order to increase student satisfaction and its national ranking, Smith Business School has decided to spend over $50 million upgrading its facilities, including its library, classroom space, and lounge areas.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest reason to expect that Smith Business School’s proposal will be successful in increasing its ranking?
A. The student satisfaction category encompasses a number of subjective factors, including value, quality of faculty, and facilities.--opposite
B. Yearly program rankings are an important factor in attracting the best candidates to a school.---Out of scope
C. Smith Business School has already secured the $50 million needed to upgrade its facilities.---out of scope
D. The students surveyed for the business school rankings indicated that the number and diversity of courses offered at a school was a large component of student satisfaction.---ok, but only a single reason is mentioned
E. The students at Smith School that were surveyed for the rankings indicated that they were extremely happy with the quality of instruction, price, and diversity of courses at the school.--yes ....almost educational and pricing factor is fine in the coll ...so others area need to be concentrated for higher satisfaction.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest reason to expect that Smith Business School’s proposal will be successful in increasing its ranking?
A. The student satisfaction category encompasses a number of subjective factors, including value, quality of faculty, and facilities.--opposite
B. Yearly program rankings are an important factor in attracting the best candidates to a school.---Out of scope
C. Smith Business School has already secured the $50 million needed to upgrade its facilities.---out of scope
D. The students surveyed for the business school rankings indicated that the number and diversity of courses offered at a school was a large component of student satisfaction.---ok, but only a single reason is mentioned
E. The students at Smith School that were surveyed for the rankings indicated that they were extremely happy with the quality of instruction, price, and diversity of courses at the school.--yes ....almost educational and pricing factor is fine in the coll ...so others area need to be concentrated for higher satisfaction.
