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Question Explanation
Resolve the Paradox. The correct answer choice is (E)
The use of "most helps to explain the surprising outcome" in the question stem makes this a Resolve question, where you must supply an answer that resolves or explains the surprising result (basically a paradox) in the stimulus.
So we are looking to explain why adding access online led to a fewer range of articles being cited, or as the stimulus says, why adding access to online articles led to a greater tendency to cite the same articles.
Answer choice C explains why adding online articles would not change the situation at all since the scientists tend to cite articles by people they know, but it does not explain why the range decreased.
Answer choice E explains why the range decreased. It explains why there are fewer articles being cited because now only the most highly regarded articles are being cited because moving the journals online made it easier to determine which articles are the most highly regarded. Answer choice C does nothing essentially to explain the change in the quantity of the articles being cited.
Resolve the Paradox. The correct answer choice is (E)
The use of "most helps to explain the surprising outcome" in the question stem makes this a Resolve question, where you must supply an answer that resolves or explains the surprising result (basically a paradox) in the stimulus.
So we are looking to explain why adding access online led to a fewer range of articles being cited, or as the stimulus says, why adding access to online articles led to a greater tendency to cite the same articles.
Answer choice C explains why adding online articles would not change the situation at all since the scientists tend to cite articles by people they know, but it does not explain why the range decreased.
Answer choice E explains why the range decreased. It explains why there are fewer articles being cited because now only the most highly regarded articles are being cited because moving the journals online made it easier to determine which articles are the most highly regarded. Answer choice C does nothing essentially to explain the change in the quantity of the articles being cited.
