OG191

[pcl12]

191.
To evaluate a plan to save money on office-space expenditures by having its employees work at home, XYZ Company asked volunteers from its staff to try the arrangement for six months. During this period, the productivity of these employees was as high as or higher than before.

Which of the following, if true, would argue most strongly against deciding, on the basis of the trial results, to implement the company’s plan?

(A) The employees who agreed to participate in the test of the plan were among the company’s most self-motivated and independent workers.
(B) The savings that would accrue from reduced office-space expenditures alone would be sufficient to justify the arrangement for the company, apart from any productivity increase.
(C) Other companies that have achieved successful results from work-at-home plans have work forces that are substantially larger than that of XYZ.
(D) The volunteers who worked at home were able to communicate with other employees as necessary for performing the work.
(E) Minor changes in the way office work is organized at XYZ would yield increases in employee productivity similar to those achieved in the trial.

答案是A,關於E選項的解釋有疑問,
覺得好像和E連不起來
Choice E is incorrect; since reduced office-space expenditures, rather than productivity increases, would be the goal of implementing the plan, the fact that alternative measures might achieve equal productivity gains is not directly relevant.

[Ethan]

OG 191

[Ethan]

朱大常:這碗大腸麵線好不好吃?
蕭申京: 我覺得隔壁牛肉麵比較好吃，因為價錢差不多，但牛肉麵比較大碗。

假如蕭申京說這碗大腸麵線和隔壁巷子老王賣的大腸麵線比起來，
價錢口味和料比較實在才算 directly relevant.

請注意ETS的原則: SCR

[pcl12]

這題的因果關係看不大出來,不知道可否幫我解一下,謝謝

[micht]

ethan解釋沒有錯ㄚ...嗯...

(E)和題目要你做evaluate無關

To evaluate a plan to save money on office-space expenditures by having its employees work at home, XYZ Company asked volunteers from its staff to try the arrangement for six months. During this period, the productivity of these employees was as high as or higher than before.

題目 To evaluate
如果讓員工work at home效果是否好

Which of the following, if true, would argue most strongly against deciding, on the basis of the trial results, to implement the company’s plan?

(E) Minor changes in the way office work is organized at XYZ would yield increases in employee productivity similar to those achieved in the trial.

E 卻說, 少少的changes in the way office work is organized..小小的更改變動工作oragnization 可以有和plan一樣的效果?????
可是題目要求你去evaluate 那plan是否有效? 還不是要你說 其他方法也可達到此效果.........

[Ethan]

To Micht:
贊ㄚ!!! (Y) (Y) (Y)
你800沒問題的!!

[briandragon]

可以幫忙翻譯選項(B)嗎??

感謝

[Pudding]

(B) The savings that would accrue from reduced office-space expenditures alone would be sufficient to justify the arrangement for the company, apart from any productivity increase.

若實施此減少辦公室空間的program, 其將節省的經費本身就足以證明這個program是否可行, 不需要評估生產力的提升...

後半句我自己覺得翻的怪怪的, 請大家一起幫忙看看....

[Behemoth]

同意布板主所譯

[knowledgegap]

抱歉 我看不太懂問題在問什麼?
題目是去評估一個實踐，問題是去推翻這個實踐以致於不能去做評估嗎??
所以答案A才說因為在家工作的人都自動自發因而破壞了這個實踐所以才無法評估嗎?

感溫~

[維尼]

抱歉 我看不太懂問題在問什麼?
題目是去評估一個實踐，問題是去推翻這個實踐以致於不能去做評估嗎??
所以答案A才說因為在家工作的人都自動自發因而破壞了這個實踐所以才無法評估嗎?

感溫~

翻譯一下題目:
下列何者為真時 最能反對 根據試驗結果而決定實行此計劃
也就是說 要找出實驗可能的暇疵

所以a告訴你實驗暇疵在於那些人本來就是獨立工作者 才會讓試驗結果如此好

[mandy-lo]

191．To evaluate a plan to save money on office-space expenditures by having its employees work at home，XYZ Company asked volunteers from its staff to try the arrangement for six months．During this period，the productivity of these employees was as high as or higher than before．
Which of the following，if true，would argue most strongly against deciding，on the basis of the trial results，to implement the company’s plan?
(A) The employees who agreed to participate in the test of the plan were among the company’s most self-motivated and independent workers．
(B) The savings that would accrue from reduced office-space expenditures alone would be sufficient to justify the arrangement for the company, apart from any productivity increases。
(C) Other companies that have achieved successful results from work-at-home plans have work forces that are substantially larger than that of XYZ．
(D) The volunteers who worked at home were able to communicate with other employees as necessary for performing the work．
(E) Minor changes in the way office work is organized at XYZ would yield increases in employee productivity similar to those achieved in the trial．



想請教一下D選??
文章是要weaken這項計劃,d表示自願在家工作的人必需與其他人溝通才能執行工作,這點不就weaken公司這項計劃不可行,我的思路是因必需與其他人一起工作才可完成工作,所以公司計劃要讓員工在家工作的計劃不可行,因為讓員工在家工作就無法與其他人溝通如此不就不可完成公司的工作任務?????????????請各位大牛指正我的思路!!!!!!!!!!!
而A選表示自願在家工作的人都是公司最自動自發的人,解答說明這些人不能代表整個公司的所有人所以公司的計劃不可行

[keane0727]

　

想請教一下D選??
文章是要weaken這項計劃,d表示自願在家工作的人必需與其他人溝通才能執行工作,這點不就weaken公司這項計劃不可行,我的思路是因必需與其他人一起工作才可完成工作,所以公司計劃要讓員工在家工作的計劃不可行,因為讓員工在家工作就無法與其他人溝通如此不就不可完成公司的工作任務?????????????請各位大牛指正我的思路!!!!!!!!!!!
而A選表示自願在家工作的人都是公司最自動自發的人,解答說明這些人不能代表整個公司的所有人所以公司的計劃不可行

D選項是過去式
(D) The volunteers who worked at home were able to communicate with other employees as necessary for performing the work．
之前參加實驗的人可以聯絡相關必要人員來完成工作。但沒說計劃執行後，員工就沒有辦法充份聯絡，所以無法構成weaken