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In order to both reduce their overall insurance costs and provide extra compensation to their employees, many companies now offer to match funds that employees pay into flexible healthcare spending accounts. after a three year analysis of this practice in the tech industry, researchers concluded that the benefits to the companies went well beyond these expectations. In that industry, companies matching employee contributions to flexible healthcare spending accounts could, on average, expect their employee absentee rate to be 20% lower than among companies who did not.
Which of the following would weaken the conclusion of the three-year study?
(A) Those technology companies able to afford to match employee contributions to health accounts are usually so successful that they are able to be very selective those they hire.
(B) At companies that offer flexible healthcare spending accounts, employees may use them to pay for eye and dental care not covered by the normal health plan.
(C) Starting a flexible healthcare spending account requires substantial effort for the employees who desire one.
(D) In other industries where companies match employee contributions to flexible healthcare accounts, similar improvements in absentee rate have been seen.
(E) In the technology companies that match employee contributions to flexible healthcare accounts, average worker productivity is also higher.
Which of the following would weaken the conclusion of the three-year study?
(A) Those technology companies able to afford to match employee contributions to health accounts are usually so successful that they are able to be very selective those they hire.
(B) At companies that offer flexible healthcare spending accounts, employees may use them to pay for eye and dental care not covered by the normal health plan.
(C) Starting a flexible healthcare spending account requires substantial effort for the employees who desire one.
(D) In other industries where companies match employee contributions to flexible healthcare accounts, similar improvements in absentee rate have been seen.
(E) In the technology companies that match employee contributions to flexible healthcare accounts, average worker productivity is also higher.
12 Aug 2019, 03:10
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Good question. Selected option C between option C & A. Was almost going for option A but I misread "Those technology companies" in that option and left it but later on noticed "the tech industry" in the para 3rd line. Silly mistakes keep on happening.
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Can someone please comment or correct my thought process.
So I eliminated D and E as they seem to strengthen the conclusion. B I eliminated as it has nothing to do with matching employee contributions to healthcare spending.
I chose C, and this is why I think C is wrong. The conclusion is saying that companies that match employee contributions to healthcare spending have a lower absentee rate. C is wrong because it doesn't make a comparison right? It doesn't compare between companies that match and companies that don't, it is more of a general fact.
A is right because it is identifying another reason as to why these companies receive a lower absentee rate, and that is because they are able to hire better candidates who are less likely to skip work.
Is this a reasonable thought pattern? Thank you!
So I eliminated D and E as they seem to strengthen the conclusion. B I eliminated as it has nothing to do with matching employee contributions to healthcare spending.
I chose C, and this is why I think C is wrong. The conclusion is saying that companies that match employee contributions to healthcare spending have a lower absentee rate. C is wrong because it doesn't make a comparison right? It doesn't compare between companies that match and companies that don't, it is more of a general fact.
A is right because it is identifying another reason as to why these companies receive a lower absentee rate, and that is because they are able to hire better candidates who are less likely to skip work.
Is this a reasonable thought pattern? Thank you!
