A research study recorded that the number of unemployed educated youth

Question

A research study recorded that the number of unemployed educated youth was equal to the number of unemployed uneducated youth. It was concluded bythe researchers that being educated does not enhance the probability of being employed.

Which of the following information would be required to validate the above conclusion?

A. The number of unemployed educated and uneducated people in other age groups
B. The number of organisations employing youth
C. The percentage of unemployment in educated youth versus percentage of unemployment in uneducated youth.
D. The percentage increase in number of educated youth versus last year
E. The methodology used for the research

thakurarun85 · Answer

A. The number of unemployed educated and uneducated people in other age groups
C. The percentage of unemployment in educated youth versus percentage of unemployment in uneducated youth.

This is between A vs C.

C leads to nothing as both the percentage will be same (as the number are same).

In A) if we identify that in different age group have unequal number of educated and uneducated unemployed people, we can make a clear distinction. (Not sure if this statement is correct SC wise

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Jimmyeatworld · Answer

i think the answer would be C right?!

what if there are only 10 uneducated people in the pool out of which all are uneducated!? - and the 10 people in the educated pool that were unemployed were in a pool of 100 educated youth out of which 90 were employed.

without knowing the size of each class - there is no way to tell right !!

Bunel?

Jahnavi2021 · Answer

I think the OA would be 'C', because we need the probability here, if we know the percentages then we can answer the probability. 
On the other hand 'A' also has an answer as the youth who are educated and unemployed today might have got an employment after a few years but the uneducated might or might not have, which again leads to confusion, hence A doesn't make a clear distinction.

can anyone throw some light on this?

Mavisdu1017 · Answer

Honestly I chose C in my first sight, but when I saw OA and read the stimulus again, I think it may be cause: the first sentence is saying the employment situation of  the youth , but the conclusion is saying the probability of being employed, this probability would be  for all people  rather than only for the youth, so it is a gap b/w premise & conclusion, and we must know the employment situation of other age groups

sritamasia · Answer

Solution:

In the above passage, it is finally concluded that being educated does not enhance the probability of being employed. In order to strengthen the conclusion, we need to have the information regarding the number of unemployed educated and uneducated people in other age groups. Choice (A)

RanonBanerjee · Answer

At my first hit I did C too. But then re-read the stimulus.

It shows only the stats of youth and draws a conclusion that being educated does not enhance the probability of being employed. A is right because what if we look at people of other age group and see a lower number of educated unemployed vs uneducated unemployed?

Option C talks about percentage, but in youth category in general. For example, we have 100 youth and 10 of them are unemployed educated and 10 of them are uneducated-unemployed. Then percentage remains same for both the cases i.e., 10%

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udaypratapsingh99 · Answer

I understood that option A helps.
However, in option C, percentages would have been the same if those were calculated on the total youth count. However, the option mentions "The percentage of unemployment in educated youth versus percentage of unemployment in uneducated youth".

So, it there are 300 people considered as a youth, out of which 100 are uneducated and 200 are educated, and 20 are unemployed in both the categories, "The percentage of unemployment in educated youth" will be 10% and "the percentage of unemployment in uneducated youth" will be 20%.
Both are different.  Option C clearly mentions that it is calculating % of unemployment separately in two individual categories of educated youth and uneducated youth, and not on the combined-total youth population.

YashYashkratos · Answer

Not sure if it is a GMAT worthy or a legit question

Option C - Clearly the percentage aspect is correct - just the number of people educated or uneducated who are unemployed being the same does nothing for the conclusion - we do need the percentage - and still will not justify the conclusion.

Option A - Again just having the number for the same in other groups will do the conclusion no justice - nothing more is added but unreliable numbers.

Leaned towards both, believe they are both wrong.

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