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Resolve the Paradox. The correct answer choice is (D)
The stimulus observes that adults who work outside the home average 100 minutes less on dinner food preparation per week than do adults who do not work outside the home. However, between the two groups the dinners eaten at home do not differ significantly in quality.
You are asked to resolve the discrepancy, and in this case there is a knee-jerk reaction to stimulus’ attempt to imply that less time was spent per meal preparation while maintaining quality. Since people who work outside the home might simply eat out more, it is possible that the 100 minute difference does not affect the time-per-meal spent, and in that case the similarity in quality would not in any way be surprising.
Answer choice (A): Information that attempts to explain that the quality of the meals is different is broadly inconsistent with the goal of resolving the paradox. Furthermore, this choice indicates that the people with “more time” actually produced possibly unhealthy meals, which is broadly inconsistent with the notion that their meals should be at least as good as those from people with “less time,” so this choice is wrong.
Answer choice (B): This choice might have seemed attractive, because it eliminates a meal from contention. However, careful attention to detail will inform you that the stimulus concerns only dinners, so information about breakfast is irrelevant, as is this incorrect choice.
Answer choice (C): Since the stimulus concerned time spent on preparation of food and the quality of food, information perhaps relevant to taking out the trash or cleaning the restrooms is entirely irrelevant, and this response is incorrect. You should not have assumed that reduction in other chore areas yields more time to spend on dinners, because that is inconsistent with the information in the stimulus that there is a 100 minute difference.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. If adults who work outside the home eat dinner at home less often, the time spent preparing dinners might also decrease without any difference in the quality of meals actually prepared, because fewer overall meals probably require less overall time.
Answer choice (E): If adults who work outside the home are less likely to plan dinner well, that only makes it more difficult to understand how those adults could, with less time, prepare dinners of similar quality. You should not have assumed that stealing time from the planning phase of preparation would have a positive effect on quality by giving more time to the rest of preparation, because it is commonsense-wise more likely that such a strategy would be counterproductive to quality. This response is incorrect.
Resolve the Paradox. The correct answer choice is (D)
The stimulus observes that adults who work outside the home average 100 minutes less on dinner food preparation per week than do adults who do not work outside the home. However, between the two groups the dinners eaten at home do not differ significantly in quality.
You are asked to resolve the discrepancy, and in this case there is a knee-jerk reaction to stimulus’ attempt to imply that less time was spent per meal preparation while maintaining quality. Since people who work outside the home might simply eat out more, it is possible that the 100 minute difference does not affect the time-per-meal spent, and in that case the similarity in quality would not in any way be surprising.
Answer choice (A): Information that attempts to explain that the quality of the meals is different is broadly inconsistent with the goal of resolving the paradox. Furthermore, this choice indicates that the people with “more time” actually produced possibly unhealthy meals, which is broadly inconsistent with the notion that their meals should be at least as good as those from people with “less time,” so this choice is wrong.
Answer choice (B): This choice might have seemed attractive, because it eliminates a meal from contention. However, careful attention to detail will inform you that the stimulus concerns only dinners, so information about breakfast is irrelevant, as is this incorrect choice.
Answer choice (C): Since the stimulus concerned time spent on preparation of food and the quality of food, information perhaps relevant to taking out the trash or cleaning the restrooms is entirely irrelevant, and this response is incorrect. You should not have assumed that reduction in other chore areas yields more time to spend on dinners, because that is inconsistent with the information in the stimulus that there is a 100 minute difference.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. If adults who work outside the home eat dinner at home less often, the time spent preparing dinners might also decrease without any difference in the quality of meals actually prepared, because fewer overall meals probably require less overall time.
Answer choice (E): If adults who work outside the home are less likely to plan dinner well, that only makes it more difficult to understand how those adults could, with less time, prepare dinners of similar quality. You should not have assumed that stealing time from the planning phase of preparation would have a positive effect on quality by giving more time to the rest of preparation, because it is commonsense-wise more likely that such a strategy would be counterproductive to quality. This response is incorrect.
