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- Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:49 pm
#113632
Hi Dancing,
The way that Answer B is worded, it doesn't rule out the possibility that the other group (who used a list) also bought many unnecessary items, but you also shouldn't assume that they did buy many unnecessary items.
If the paradox had been slightly different than the one given in the stimulus and was due to the fact that the group without a list ended up buying more items than the group who did use a list, the answer would likely indicate this by stating that the group who didn't use a list bought many more items than the group who used a list.
The way that Answer B is worded, it doesn't rule out the possibility that the other group (who used a list) also bought many unnecessary items, but you also shouldn't assume that they did buy many unnecessary items.
If the paradox had been slightly different than the one given in the stimulus and was due to the fact that the group without a list ended up buying more items than the group who did use a list, the answer would likely indicate this by stating that the group who didn't use a list bought many more items than the group who used a list.