#1 - In a yearlong study, half of the participants were given a simple kit

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Complete Question Explanation

Resolve the Paradox—Numbers and Percentages. The correct answer choice is (E).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice.

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Why e and not b?

[Adam Tyson]

Answer B is an opposite answer, nick - if people with the kit were avoiding foods that lower their cholesterol, then how do we explain that their cholesterol got lowered more than the other group's? Read that one over again and you'll see the double negative, which can be confusing.

We need an answer that helps explain the difference in the two groups, and our prephrase should be something like "having the kit helps people to do a better job." That could be by giving them useful information to better plan, or by motivating them somehow, or perhaps just by making them pay more attention. Only answer E supplies a good reason for this outcome. It shows us the cause for the lower cholesterol in the group with the kits.