Hospital patients generally have lower

Answer choices

1. A

   No Distinction Opposite (if anything)5% picked this

   Many of the doctors who routinely treat patients in Woodville's hospital also routinely treat patients in one or

   We want a distinction between Woodville and nearby hospitals, and this provides a similarity.

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2. B

   Opposite (if anything)0% picked this

   Most of the nearby hospitals were built within the last 10 years, whereas Woodville's hospital was built

   We want a reason why Woodville is doing better than we'd expect, and being told that it is an older hospital seems more to be a reason why it would do worse than one might expect.

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3. C

   Restates Paradox Unrelated to Goal1% picked this

   Infection is more likely to be spread where people come into close contact with one another than

   This is reinforcing the background claim, explaining why private rooms tend to lead to lower infection rates and shorter hospital stays. It does nothing to explain the surprise, which is why Woodville's semiprivate rooms seem to be doing as well as other hospitals' private rooms.

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4. D

   Correct93% picked this

   Woodville's hospital has a policy of housing one patient per room in semiprivate

   Why this is right

   Answer D is correct.

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

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5. E

   Unclear Impact / Thin Ice1% picked this

   Woodville's hospital is located in its central business district, whereas most of the nearby hospitals are located outside

   For this to explain the surprise, we'd have to think that being located in the central business district has some common sense connection to lower infection rates or shorter hospital stays, which would definitely be walking on thin ice.

   1%