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In today's world, not only leaders but managers also need to possess leadership abilities to be able to motivate their direct reports. A recent report evaluating professional progress made by average students discovered that students who excelled in sports while in school display leadership abilities and hence are five times as likely to become managers, consequently earning higher salaries. It is quite likely that excelling in sports while at school imparts these leadership abilities.
Which of the following if true, most strengthens the author's belief above?
A. Students who already possessed leadership qualities from a very young age were no more likely to excel in sports in school when compared to ordinary students.
B. Students whose parents excelled in sports were no more likely to take up sports while in school than the average student.
C. Above average students who excelled in sports in school were also more likely to become managers when compared to a regular above average student.
D. Leadership skills that managers need to possess can only be acquired by practice and are otherwise difficult to teach in an academic classroom.
E. Most companies report that they prefer hiring students who have excelled in sports.
Which of the following if true, most strengthens the author's belief above?
A. Students who already possessed leadership qualities from a very young age were no more likely to excel in sports in school when compared to ordinary students.
B. Students whose parents excelled in sports were no more likely to take up sports while in school than the average student.
C. Above average students who excelled in sports in school were also more likely to become managers when compared to a regular above average student.
D. Leadership skills that managers need to possess can only be acquired by practice and are otherwise difficult to teach in an academic classroom.
E. Most companies report that they prefer hiring students who have excelled in sports.
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Story:
- Managers need to possess leadership abilities
- Observation: Students who excelled in sports while in school display leadership abilities and hence are five times as likely to become managers
Conclusion: Excelling in sports while at school imparts these leadership abilities.
The question is a cause and effect question, in which the cause is "excelling in sports while at school " and the effect is "imparting leadership abilities".
We have to strengthen this argument.
Let's start with Option B
B. Students whose parents excelled in sports were no more likely to take up sports while in school than the average student.
This option doesn't lend any support to the conclusion. The option provides us with a reason why had the students taken up sports in the first place. However, we are trying to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between excelling in sports and leadership qualities. We can eliminate this option.
C. Above average students who excelled in sports in school were also more likely to become managers when compared to a regular above average student.
We already know this information from the question premises, ..."discovered that students who excelled in sports while in school display leadership abilities and hence are five times as likely to become managers...". Hence, this option doesn't provide us with any new information to lend support. We can eliminate this option.
D. Leadership skills that managers need to possess can only be acquired by practice and are otherwise difficult to teach in an academic classroom.
This is a trap choice. While this option tells us that leadership skills were difficult to teach as a part of the academic curriculum, it is incorrect to assume that these skills were attained as a result of excelling in sports. We can't ignore a third factor at play which was common to both a student excelling in sports and gaining leadership qualities. It is quite likely that the students had access to better nutrition or some specialized classes and such factors helped the students excel in sports and gain leadership qualities simultaneously. We can eliminate this option.
E. Most companies report that they prefer hiring students who have excelled in sports.
Not a strengthener as the option doesn't present any evidence to establish the fact that excelling in sports imparted leadership qualities. We can eliminate this option.
A. Students who already possessed leadership qualities from a very young age were no more likely to excel in sports in school when compared to ordinary students.
The only option left. This option indeed strengthens the belief as it presents us with information that the presence of the "effect" doesn't increase the likelihood of the "cause".
From the question premise we already know that professional progress made by average students discovered that students who excelled in sports while in school displayed leadership abilities. If the students who already possessed leadership qualities prior to enrolling excelled in sports with a nearly equal probability, we can be sure that leadership qualities are in fact acquired by some students, the ones who didn't possess such qualities prior to excelling in sports. Hence, this option lends support to the conclusion of the argument.
Option A
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The answer is A.
Students who already possessed leadership qualities from a very young age were no more likely to excel in sports in school when compared to ordinary students.
Explanation:
This statement strengthens the author's belief because it eliminates the possibility that the students who excel in sports are simply naturally predisposed to leadership. If students with prior leadership qualities were not more likely to excel in sports, it strongly suggests that the act of excelling in sports itself is what leads to the development of leadership skills.
