[問題]OG10th NO.1

[piyopiyo]

Which of the following best completes the passage below?

In a survey of job applications, two-fifths admitted to being at least a little dishonest. However, the survey may underestimate the proportion of job applicaitons who are dishonet, because _______

A. some dishonest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be honest.

B. some generally honest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be dishonest.

C. some people who claimed on the survey to be at lest a little dishonest may be very dishonest.

D. some people who claimed on the survey to be dishonest may have been answering honestly.

E. some people who are not job applications are probablly at lest a little dishonest.

Ans: A.

Can anyone tell me what's the difference between Choice A and C? How come the best answer is A not C?:-#


Thank you!

[plilo]

題目：在一個針對工作申請者的問卷中，有2/5的人承認有一點不誠實。然而，實際上不誠實的比例應該被低估了，因為___

答案A：有一些不誠實的人在回答問卷的時候說他們是誠實的。

答案C：在問卷回答有一點不誠實的人，實際上是非常的不誠實

所以答案是A，會造成比例低估

答案C，不管你是有一點不誠實，還是非常的不誠實，都已經是含在2/5裡面了，不會造成比例低估的問題。