When romance novels were located in the back of the bookstore, they ac

Question Type: Inference, EXCEPT

Question Stem Analysis: Since the question stem stays can logically be drawn from this argument, this is an inference question and the answer choice should match what can be inferred from the given argument with no new information creeping in from the outside. Also since there is the word EXCEPT, we need to find an answer choice that cannot be inferred from he given argument. i.e, four answer choices could be inferred from the given argument while one will not be and that ONE will be our answer

Argument Analysis: The argument states that when romance novels were placed at the back of the stores they just contributed to 6% of the total sales whereas when it was moved to the front of the store with several other books on the display, the sales of the romance novels were increased ranging from 14% to 18%.

Pre-Thinking: What can we directly infer from the given argument? It may or may not be part of the answer but pre-thinking will help us identify similar tones while selecting the answer choice. However IN THIS CASE, the answer choice should have a opposite or deviating role from our pre-thinking because this is an EXCEPT question.
So from the argument we know that sales have increased when the romance novels were displayed at the front of the store. One reason for the increase in sales could be the increase in visibility of the books. Another reason could be that most stores display their best books in the front and customers could think best books are displayed at the front of the stores. You can find many such similar reasoning with the given information.

Option Analysis:

A - There is nothing given in the argument that could convince us that a customer who bought one romance novel are likely to come back for another. They may might or they might not, but we cannot be certain of this. This could be a possible answer. Let's keep this option and move on to the next.

B - Since we know that the sales of the books have increased after the book were put up in front displays, we can infer that customers are more likely to buy books located near the front of the bookstore than at the back. This may be a reason for the romance novels not faring well when they were kept at the back. This can also be inferred.

C - Again another possible reason for the increase in sales. People bought romance novels since the books in the display caught the interest of the people. This can also be inferred.

D - If customer believe that books stores keep the best books in the front, then readers will be interested in buying the best books (romance novels from the display). This can also be inferred.

E - The argument says the romance novels were put up 'close to the front of the store'. If the books were put all the way in the front then the readers (customers) would be more interested in buying them as all the facts mentioned in option B,C,D are further fortified. This can also be inferred.

Hence the correct answer is A