[問題]GWD 8-Q4

[ping0114]

GWD-8-Q4 to GWD-8-Q6:
Frazier and Mosteller assert that
medical research could be improved by
a move toward larger, simpler clinical
Line trials of medical treatments. Currently,
(5) researchers collect far more background
information on patients than is strictly
required for their trials—substantially more
than hospitals collect—thereby escalating
costs of data collection, storage, and
(10) analysis. Although limiting information
collection could increase the risk that
researchers will overlook facts relevant
to a study, Frazier and Mosteller contend
that such risk, nerver entirely eliminable
(15) from research, would still be small in most
studies. Only in research on entirely new
treatments are new and unexpected variables
likely to arise.
Frazier and Mosteller propose not
(20) only that researchers limit data collection
on individual patients but also that
researchers enroll more patients in clinical
trials, thereby obtaining a more representative
sample of the total population with
(25) the disease under study. Often researchers
restrict study participation to patients
who have no ailments besides those being
studied. A treatment judged successful
under these ideal conditions can then
(30) be evaluated under normal conditions.
Broadening the range of trial participants,
Frazier and Mosteller suggest, would
enable researchers to evaluate a treatment’s
efficacy for diverse patients under
(35) various conditions and to evaluate its
effectiveness for different patient subgroups.
For example, the value of a
treatment for a progressive disease may
vary according to a patient’s stage of
(40) disease. Patients’ ages may also affect
a treatment’s efficacy.

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GWD-8-Q4:
According to the passage, Frazier and Mosteller believe which of the following about medical research?

A. It is seriously flawed as presently conducted because researchers overlook facts that are relevant to the subject of their research.
B. It tends to benefit certain subgroups of patients disproportionately.
C. It routinely reveals new variables in research on entirely new treatments.
D. It can be made more accurate by limiting the amount of information researchers collect.
E. It cannot be freed of the risk that significant variables may be overlooked.

答案E

雖然感覺文章不難
但是老是答錯....

請問A為何錯呢?

[bugubugu]

我個人覺得(A)的語氣太過強烈了...
因為其實F&M是支持limiting information collection....
但他們不否認醬有可能會overlook一些relevant factor的風險...
可是這是為了不讓別人反駁他們論點所做的讓步...
並不是說他們相信overlook個嚴重的錯誤....
(不然不是自打嘴巴嗎?又說要簡化又說簡化後overlook是嚴重錯誤?)
希望我的解答你會滿意....

[liwuu]

A. It is seriously flawed as presently conducted because researchers overlook facts that are relevant to the subject of their research

F&M並不是認為目前的researcher overlook facts而是太過detail了!!所以A選項剛好相反...

[ping0114]

明白了
謝謝
原來我還是沒有讀懂...