In Country X's last election, the Reform Party beat its main opponent, the Conservative Party, although pollsters, employing in-person interviews shortly before the vote, had projected a Conservative Party victory. Afterwards, the pollsters determined that, unlike Conservative Party supporters, Reform Party supporters were less likely to express their party preference during in-person interviews than they were during telephone interviews. Therefore, using only telephone interviews instead would likely result in more accurate projections for the next election.
Which of the following statements, if true, would most support the argument in the passage?
The number of voters in Country X's next election will be significantly larger than the number of voters in the last election.
The Conservative Party will win the next election.
For each person interviewed in telephone polls before the next election, pollsters will be able to reasonably determine the likelihood of that person voting.
People who expressed no party preference during the in-person interviews shortly before Country X's last election did not outnumber the people who expressed a preference for the Conservative Party.
In the next election, pollsters will be able to conduct more in-person interviews than telephone interviews.
情景: 在X国上次选举中,虽然民意调查人在选举前进行了面对面采访,预测保守党会赢,但是最终改革党赢了保守党。之后,民意调查人认为,不像保守党的支持者,改革党的支持者比起在电话采访中,在面对面采访中更不太愿意说自己的想法。因此,下次只用电话采访会更有可能得到一个准确的预测。
推理:
(因)前提:改革党的支持者更愿意在电话采访中说出自己的想法
(果)结论:电话采访能得到一个更准确的预测
选项分析:
A选项:下次的voter数量会明显大于上次的voter数量:能不能拿到准确的预测与数量无关。
B选项:保守党下次会赢得选举:我们讨论的是拿到准确预测的方法,而不是选举的结果。
C选项:正确。下次选举前的电话采访中,民意调查人能准确判断出此人投票的可能性。
D选项:上次选举前的个人采访中,面对面采访中表示出无党倾向的人的数量没有超过支持保守党的人的数量:无关。我们讨论的是下次选举中能不能通过电话采访拿到准确预测。
E选项:在下次选举中,比起电话采访,民意调查人有能力进行更多的面对面采访:无关。
首先是对象,是下次投票,故跟此次投票无关。其次要说明电话投票的优势所在,C选项说明了电话投票的优势所在
C的意思是,下次在选举前的电话采访中,民意调查人能够准确判断此人投票的可能
这个意思不是指“预测对方支持保守党还是改革党”,而是指“通过电话采访能够更准确的判断ta在未来投票中支持哪个党派”
题目的意思是,在last election中,in-person interview的pollster不准,因为Reform Party的人在in-person interview中不大表态,但是他们在telephone interview中更愿意表态。于是得出结论,next election要只用telephone interview来做预测会更准。
那么如果要支持这个观点,就要表明telephone interview至少要是准确的。
A 人数,无关
B 那个政党会赢,无关
C telephone poll会准,准确
D 在last election中怎样怎样,跟next election无关
E 在next election中,会有更能多的in-person interview,无关
In Country X's last election, the Reform Party beat its main opponent, the Conservative Party, although pollsters, employing in-person interviews shortly before the vote, had projected a Conservative Party victory.
读题时没有读懂这句话。
关键是下次
调查针对的是A+B。因为B更喜欢电话采访就改成电话采访,前提是A要能接受电话采访。
C,调查者能通过电话采访确定每个人的投票意向,暗含的就是A能接受电话采访。
重点在下一次 跟上次无关
Reform的支持者在面对面采访比电话采访中更少表达出支持的意愿。因此如果采取电话采访,将会在下一次选举中预测更准确的结果。问加强
choice, polleters 有能力鉴别出电话采访对象投票的可能性。correct
解析错了。。应该是是否能准确判断这个人是否会投票。
同意!
解析是真的错了。the likelihood of that person voting = whether that person is actually likely to vote.
那请问答案是对的吗?
C答案使得选民投票的数量更加确定,即有多少人进行投票了。从而对应题中准确的选举结果。
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