A research bureau surveyed the citizens of the country of Federland ab

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A research bureau surveyed the citizens of the country of Federland about their entertainment and event attendance for the year 2015. The following chart shows the percentage of Federland citizens, by age group, who paid money to attend selected cultural events in 2015.

( Sort ↕  the table by clicking on the headers)       Age    Galleries or Museums    Sporting Events    Performing Arts Events    Movies or films     0 - 25  70  75  64  82    25 - 34  65  68  67  85    35 - 44  64  62  68  83    45 - 54  58  55  45  88    55 - 64  62  57  56  78    65 and older  68  45  64  62   
 For each of the following statements, choose “would help explain” if it would, if true, help explain the information given in the chart. Otherwise, choose “would not help explain”.

mmdfl · Answer

3) "A greater percentage of towns contain at least one movie theater than contain at least one performing arts venue." <=> "movie theaters > performing arts venue"
True, according with the data

babyulikeit · Answer

Sajjad1994

Can you please post the OE?
Thankyou.

Vasavan · Answer

I am not sure how the answer for the 2nd question stem can be "would help explain". The statement provided is most sporting events are held in urban areas, where the average age group is significantly lesser than rural areas. The data in the table shows more percentages of the younger age group attending the sporting events. But the issue I have is how can it support the fact that those events are held in urban areas. Say for arguments sake, the rural population of older age group is 90% of the population. That does not mean most of the youth in rural wont go to those sporting events. Hypothetically, say only 100 youth are present in rural area of 10000000 people. If even 70-80% of them go to the events, it will be enough to reflect the same data as shown in the table. Does anyone have their thoughts on this?

sanjanaarao6697 · Answer

Can someone explain pt 2? I don't understand how the venue setting can be determined through the information provided in the table. 
 Sajjad1994   chetan2u

ishneetkaur28 · Answer

Can anyone please explain how (2) is "would help explain"?

varad98 · Answer

The % population of age group 0-25 and 25-39 has highest sports event participation. Question stem mentions that, urban areas population is significantly younger. The high participation from those age groups strengthens that.

RiyaGangar · Answer

Can anyone explain point 3? How does A greater percentage of towns contain at least one movie theater than contain at least one performing arts venue help explain chart?

maingi95 · Answer

How does it explain the data? Also, the data shows the percentage of people paying for particular art and performing art< movie is also not the case for all age categories check 65+ category.

runawaymango · Answer

I dont understand the part 3

miag · Answer

hi chetan2u Bismuth83 , could you help explain the logic behind statement I being "not supported"? thank you!

medhanshgoyal · Answer

A greater percentage of towns contain at least one movie theater than contain at least one performing arts venue.

What is the relation of the mere presence of a theater with it viewership?

miag · Answer

Hi, since the question asks if this given statement helps explain any of the data in the table, we dont need a relation, we just need it to provide some support or backing to any of the data we see in the table. If it does explain even some data, then we can say that it helps explain.
We can see that for majority of the towns, the values of movie theatre > values of arts venue. So it helps explain the data findings. Hope this helps!

Bismuth83 · Answer

Sure thing!

The goal of the statement is to help explain why different age groups have different attendance.

Statement 1 is, "Per capita spending on the performing arts is the highest among communities that invest heavily in the arts and that best advertise the performing arts." It draws a trend with spending patterns among certain communities, however, these communities aren't mentioned to be related to age. So, this statement would not help explain.

I hope that answered your question!

NoeticImbecile · Answer

Hello  Sajjad1994   KarishmaB   Bunuel   Bismuth83  or anyone else post OE for this

KarishmaB · Answer

The table gives us the attendance percentage regarding different activities based on age. So all it tells us is that 70% people in the age range 0 - 25 visited galleries or museums, 75% went to sporting events etc. This is the percentage of people who paid money for these events. So say they do not include the organizers of the event etc. Now we have 3 statements. One by one we need to assume each to be true and then decide whether it explains some part of the data of the table. 1. Per capita spending on the performing arts is the highest among communities that invest heavily in the arts and that best advertise the performing arts. So we are given that per capita spending on performing arts is highest among communities that invest heavily in the arts etc. Here is the thing - we don't have any data on per capita spending. We only have data on percentage of people who attend the events. How much are they spending per capita in each age group is not known. Since we are talking about 'per capita' expenditure, any information on the actual number of people who attended is irrelevant. So all in all, this fact does not explain any data. The discussions on next two options will make it clearer. Select Would not help explain 2. Most major sporting events take place in urban areas, where the average age of residents is significantly lower than that of rural or suburban areas. This is interesting because it links average age with attendance - the two factors discussed in the table. If it is true that most major sporting events take place in urban areas, where the average age of residents is significantly lower, we would find that more younger people attend sporting events than older people. Since most such events take place in urban areas and people are younger in urban areas. Sort the table by 'Sporting Events'. We see that maximum percentage of attendance is in the younger age categories. Hence this statement supports the data of the table. Select Would help explain 3. A greater percentage of towns contain at least one movie theater than contain at least one performing arts venue. Here we are told that there are more movie theaters than performing arts venues. This means that in most cases, a higher percentage of people should go for movies. Compare the 'Performing Arts' and 'Movies' columns. What do we find? In almost all cases, a much higher percentage of people goes for movies. Hence this statement does support the data of the table. Select Would help explain Discussion on table questions: https://youtu.be/41uPmg6ipos

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Age	Galleries or Museums	Sporting Events	Performing Arts Events	Movies or films
0 - 25	70	75	64	82
25 - 34	65	68	67	85
35 - 44	64	62	68	83
45 - 54	58	55	45	88
55 - 64	62	57	56	78
65 and older	68	45	64	62

Would help explain	Would not help explain
		Per capita spending on the performing arts is the highest among communities that invest heavily in the arts and that best advertise the performing arts.
		Most major sporting events take place in urban areas, where the average age of residents is significantly lower than that of rural or suburban areas.
		A greater percentage of towns contain at least one movie theater than contain at least one performing arts venue.

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