Two hundred randomly selected subjects were asked, "Have you

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Two hundred randomly selected subjects were asked, "Have you ever awakened, seemingly paralyzed, with a sense of a strange presence in the room?" Forty percent answered yes. A randomly selected control group of 200 different subjects in the same study were asked simply if they remembered ever waking up seemingly paralyzed. Only 14 percent of the control group answered yes. 

Which of the following statements is most supported by the information above?

A) Experiencing a sense of strange presence in a room in some way causes subjects to feel as though they are paralyzed.
B) The number of subjects who had awakened with a sense of strange presence in the room was greater in the first group than in the contorl group.
C) If the reports of the first group of subjects were accurate, aproximately 60 percent of them had never awakened with a sense of strange presence in the room
D) At least some of the randomly selected subjects of the study gave inconsistent reports.
E) The tendency of subjects to report a recollection of an event can sometimes be increased by suggesting circumstances that accompanined the event.

gmat2me2 · Answer

Is it D??

Folaa3 · Answer

B 

Just out of curiosity, are these LSAT questions? Thanks

Darth_McDaddy · Answer

My OA is D. I had to arrive at the answer by POE.

A can be eliminated as there are no facts to support that finding
B Ditto as A. Argument does not provide that info.
C Totally wrong. 40 of them felt the presence, and this translates to 20% of the total. Therefore 80% and not 60% were never awakened.....
E can be eliminated, as facts in the argument don't support that conclusion

D may be possible, therefore D is the answer. Sorry I couldn't come up with a more convincing way of arriving at the solution.

ssap · Answer

I'm actually leaning towrads E. 
Was contemplating D, but the arg says that 200 different subjects were chosen for the 2nd study.
Only E seems closer to the argument's trend.
Any thoughts?

rthothad · Answer

One more for E

Pokhran II · Answer

C is the answer.

A â€“ no support. The subjects awakened with a sense of strange presence. However, the strange presence is not a cause for the feeling of being paralyzed.

B â€“ The passage does not provide information about strange groupâ€™s experience of sense of strange presence. 

D â€“ itâ€™s a stretch!

E â€“ good try, but not enough support from the passage.

Bhai · Answer

E.

ssap · Answer

What's the OA?

qpoo · Answer

D) At least some of the randomly selected subjects of the study gave inconsistent reports.  

Let us supposed D is incorrect; therefore, we should say: the two group's study reports are consistent. But how can this be ?

Group 1 reports says 40 percent of people wake up feeling paralyzed. (we know for sure, at leaset 40 percent of them wake up feeling paralyzed  and  with a sense of a strange presence)

Group 2 reports says 14 percent of people wake up feeling paralyzed.

go D !

riteshgupta1 · Answer

I will go with E on this.

E says when you explain the whole situation to someone, he might be able to recall what are we talking about.

This choice E may be an emotional trap, but I think D can be ruled out, 
D says, At least some of the randomly selected subjects of the study gave inconsistent reports. 
How can you prove that? May be they are right. There is nothing in the argument that says they are wrong to a degree.

july05 · Answer

agree with E

HowManyToGo · Answer

I think C is incorrect because, it might be the case that less then 60% did not experience the condition, but they just do not "remember it".

My pick is E.( brings recollection into scope)

HMTG.

gmataquaguy · Answer

Yes they are. They are "Official LSAT questions" published from old test papers.

gmataquaguy · Answer

The OA is E. 

I eliminated it because i thought it was "too generic". From the pasage stem we only know that the numbers are ONLY applicable to the event of "feeling paralyzed" when subjects are told about the "circumstances". 

So to say that this is appliable for "an event"   I thought was going too far. Did anyone else think/feel that way?

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