The “suicide wave” that followed the United States stock market crash of October 1929 is more legend than fact. Careful examination of the monthly figures on the causes of death in 1929 shows that the number of suicides in October and in November was comparatively low. In only three other months were the monthly figures lower. During the summer months, when the stock market was flourishing, the number of suicides was substantially higher.
Which one of the following, if true, would best challenge the conclusion of the passage?
(A) The suicide rate is influenced bymany psychological, interpersonal, and societal factors during any given historical period. - WRONG. Answering why does not help since it makes no sense to know why it may have happened in a given larger period but why it happened so in that specific months.
(B) October and November have almost always had relatively high suiciderates , even during the 1920s and 1930s. - WRONG. Strengthens actually since 1929 months had
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Which one of the following, if true, would best challenge the conclusion of the passage?
(A) The suicide rate is influenced bymany psychological, interpersonal, and societal factors during any given historical period. - WRONG. Answering why does not help since it makes no sense to know why it may have happened in a given larger period but why it happened so in that specific months.
(B) October and November have almost always had relatively high suiciderates , even during the 1920s and 1930s. - WRONG. Strengthens actually since 1929 months had
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