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Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Columnist: Polls can influence voters decisions, and they may distort

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Riya1475828 wrote:

ravigupta2912 wrote:
Can someone clarify what "few" means. I eliminated A thinking that "few" can represent anything from 1% to 49% and hence even if it is 20% (example), it is a significant number. Went with E since that was the only other directweakener.


­MartyTargetTestPrep GMATNinja can you please comment on this and correct us on why exactly A isn't wrong? As I am also in this line ofreasoning.

There's no precise definition or limit, but "few" certainly does not mean "nearly half" (as in 40-50%).

If the passage said that "most" are NOT influenced by such polls, then sure, we'd have to assume that anywhere from 0 to 49% ARE influenced. But in this context, "few" suggests that we're talking about a relatively small number of people -- most likely too small to significantly impact the results of an election.

(E) is basically a big nothing-burger: "Countries in which such a ban is in effect do NOT generally have better informed citizens
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Statistics : Posted by GMATNinja • on 16 Nov 2020, 04:10 • Replies 14 • Views 6150



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