Percentage of Population Attending Selected Sports Events, Single Year

Question

CITY 
 BASEBALL 
 FOOTBALL 
 BASKETBALL 
 HOCKEY 
 
  Baltimore, MD 
 35 
 42 
 28 
 39 
 
  Dayton, OH 
 9 
 35 
 17 
 8 
 
  Houston, TX 
 20 
 32 
 19 
 16 
 
  Las Vegas, NV 
 8 
 5 
 2 
 7 
 
  Newark, NJ 
 18 
 7 
 16 
 21 
 
  Philadelphia, PA 
 33 
 32 
 23 
 37 
 
  Seattle, WA 
 27 
 11 
 19 
 26

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For each of the following statements select  Would help explain  if it would, if true, help explain some of the information in the preceding table. Otherwise select  Would not help explain.

hrithiksindwani · Answer

Visitors to Las Vegas prefer indoor gambling to attending sporting events.: Would not help explain.

Please help explain this answer. 
I understand no comparison info regarding Gambling is given. However, if this is true, does it not help explain why Las Vegas performs low for all sports?

MHBS · Answer

Sajjad1994  Can you provide OA and explanation?

pintukr · Answer

A. Visitors to Las Vegas prefer indoor gambling to attending sporting events.

No linkages presented in the stimulus regarding --- whether preference for indoor gambling causes low attendance for sporting events. Both are 'separate'; and no cause-and-effect phenomenon can be inferred solely by the table data.

Would NOT help explain

B. Seattle’s football team recently lost some key players.

If the Seattle football team lost key players, this will lead to poor performance -- hence, low scores in the Table for Seattle’s football team

Would help explain

C. Philadelphia's high schools have an excellent hockey program.

If Philadelphia's high schools have an excellent hockey program, it will lead to high scores for Hockey, as evident through the 2nd highest score in the Table for Philadelphia's hockey team.

Would help explain

pintukr · Answer

Sajjad1994

Are the Data Insights questions being reflected in the Error Log? 
I couldn't trace these attempts in the Error Log.

Please guide..

7747789470 · Answer

I can’t see the main question

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Official Explanation

Statement 1 
The preferences of visitors to Las Vegas don’t explain the behavior of the people who live there, so they don’t explain why such a low percentage of Las Vegas’s actual population attends sporting events.

Statement 2 
Seattle’s football team having become weaker could explain why other sports have become more popular in Seattle.

Statement 3 
If many high school students in Philadelphia play hockey, they and their families might come to be more interested in watching it than in watching other sports.

Sajjad1994 · Answer

As per my limited knowledge this functionality will be available within a week. Lets see.

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Hello 7747789470

The question starts from the table, there is no other text.

SudipM7 · Answer

This seems like too much outside info to be honest. Is this from OG?

Sajjad1994 · Answer

No! it is from McGraw-Hill's GMAT

angysinghdhillon · Answer

I got the answers right, but I still feel the question is a little incomplete, such that the numbers and city names are given along with the names of the sports, but we do not know what the numbers represent, they could represent anything, number of visitors, number of spectators, money made from the sports, losses incurred in matches, anything, leaving the data open to any kind of interpretation.  Sajjad1994 , can you please let us know if this is the entire question or if something is missing?

Sajjad1994 · Answer

This is the percentage of population attending selected sports events, Single Year. This was added as topic name but i have now added it in the start of the table.

Thank you!

angysinghdhillon · Answer

Thank you! This helps a lot!

kryinkrumble · Answer

Hi Sajjad, since the previous year percentage of population who attend sporting events cannot be determine, may I ask how can we conclude that other sports team have become more popular in Seattle just because the percentage of population attending their events is higher?

shwetasood · Answer

the second question's answer is really not derivable.
First of all, there is no paragraph to really give any info about the graph table, there's just one line and also in the third question there's a mention of "schools" and yet were not given info about these sports taking place in schools or any connection of these sports with school teams or programs whatsoever.

anindhio · Answer

Hey,

Could you please help explain this since I guess all the three questions' answers are based on assumption.

Lets say, you mentioned that:

S2: IF  the seattle football player lost key players then this will lead to poor performance -- hence, low scores in the Table for Seattle’s football team. 
 S3: IF  Philadelphia's high schools have an excellent hockey program, it will lead to high scores for Hockey, as evident through the 2nd highest score in the Table for Philadelphia's hockey team.

So based on those answers of S2 and S3, why can't we use the assumption stating that:  IF  visitors to las vegas prefer indoor gambling, it will lead to lower attendance for sporting events.

Tanpok · Answer

There could be other reasons why the attendance was low. No correlation.

Percentage of Population Attending Selected Sports Events, Single Year

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CITY	BASEBALL	FOOTBALL	BASKETBALL	HOCKEY
Baltimore, MD	35	42	28	39
Dayton, OH	9	35	17	8
Houston, TX	20	32	19	16
Las Vegas, NV	8	5	2	7
Newark, NJ	18	7	16	21
Philadelphia, PA	33	32	23	37
Seattle, WA	27	11	19	26

Would help explain	Would not help explain.
		Visitors to Las Vegas prefer indoor gambling to attending sporting events.
		Seattle’s football team recently lost some key players.
		Philadelphia's high schools have an excellent hockey program.