A study of ticket sales at a summer theater festival found that people who bought tickets to individual plays had a no-show rate of less than 1 percent, while those who paid in advance for all ten plays being performed that summer had a no-show rate of nearly 30 percent. This may be at least in part because the greater the awareness customers retain about the cost of an item, the more likely they are to use it.
Which of the following would, if true, best serve as an alternative explanation of the results of the study?
The price per ticket was slightly cheaper for those who bought all ten tickets in advance.
Many people who attended the theater festival believed strongly that they should support it financially.
Those who attended all ten plays became eligible for a partial refund.
Usually, people who bought tickets to individual plays did so immediately prior to each performance that they attended.
People who arrived just before the performance began could not be assured of obtaining seats in a preferred location.
情景:买套票的人经常不来看节目,只买一个节目的人一般都会来看节目。因此,客户越能意识到一个东西的价值,越会应用它。
推理:从这个问题的问法其实就能看出来,本题是想让我们削弱这个果因推理,并且指定我们用CQ1:说明结果问题,总体来说比较简单。
选题方式:略
选项分析:
A选项:对于那些买套票的人来说,每张票的价格会比较便宜。每张票的价格并不代表客户的重视程度。请注意,不要被文章中的最后一句话所干扰。问题是让我们给“买套票的人经常不来看节目,只买一个节目的人一般都会来看节目”找到另外一个原因,即,这个原因理应和原文给出的那一个原因没有任何关系。
B选项:来剧院的很多人认为他们需要在财政上支持这个剧院。是否需要在财政上支持剧场和是否来看节目无关。
C选项:那些出席了所有十场表演的人有资格被部分退款。本选项反而在刺激买套票的人出席所有剧目,不能解释前提。
D选项:Correct. 通常来讲,买单独一场票的人是在表演开始前现买的。本选项可以解释为什么出席率高。属于CQ1:说明结果问题。
E选项:在表演开始前到达的人不能被确认选到他们喜欢的座位。本选项和(C)选项相仿,不能解释前提。
【Alternative explanation】是寻求替代解释,即削弱这个果因推理!
C选项: Usually, people who bought tickets to individual plays did "so immediately prior" to each performance that they attended.
读懂题意,通常来讲,买单独一场票的人是“就在表演开始前”现买的,可从另一个角度解释果的因,它因削弱
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