The United States ranks far behind

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct63% picked this

   The establishment of joint safety committees in all medium-sized and large workplaces in the United States would result in

   Why this is right

   Given that these committees only currently exist in "the few companies" that voluntarily established them, and given that we were told that these committees "have been very successful in reducing occupational injuries", it seems pretty fair to predict that if the US had more of these committees, then it would fewer occupational injuries.

   Skill tested: Most Supported · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   63%
2. B

   Unsupported Comparison32% picked this

   A joint safety committee that is required by law is more effective at reducing occupational injuries than is a joint safety

   We don't have any usable information that allows us to think that these committees make more of a difference when they're required vs. when they're voluntary. In fact, the second sentence seems to undermine this, by saying "in all three countries (whether it's voluntary, like in the US, or required, like in Canada/Swededn), these committees are very successful in reducing injuries".

   32%
3. C

   Unsupported Comparison2% picked this

   Workplace safety in Sweden and Canada was superior to that in the United States even prior to the passage of laws requiring joint safety

   We don't know anything about how the workplace safety of the three countries compared prior to these joint safety committees.

   2%
4. D

   Out of Scope: prior to passage2% picked this

   Joint safety committees had been voluntarily established in most medium-sized and large workplaces in Sweden and several Canadian provinces prior to the

   We don't know anything about what was going on in Sweden or Canada prior to these joint safety committees.

   2%
5. E

   Too Strong: surpass2% picked this

   The United States would surpass Sweden and Canada in workplace safety if joint safety committees were required in all medium-sized and large

   What grounds do we have to say that the US would surpass Sweden and Canada by doing the same thing they're doing? It's more supportable to think we would catch up with Sweden and Canada. The US would need to have some advantage going for it, in order for us to think the US's workplace safety marks would be better, and we weren't told any such advantage.

   2%