Situation In considering how best to measure productivity, the assumption is madethat the more letters postal workers deliver, the more productive they are. Thisassumption is then challenged: What if the number of delayed and lost letters increasesproportionately with the number of letters delivered? Reasoning Which statement would NOT be accepted by those objecting to themeasure? The point of the objection is that the number of letters delivered is, by itself, aninadequate measure of postal workers' productivity. The challenge introduces theissue of the quality of the work being performed by suggesting that the number of misdirected lettersshould also be taken into account. The challenge is based on rejecting the idea thatquality can be ignored when measuring productivity. A The argument uses postalworkers as an example; the challenge does not question the fairness of the example. B Letter delivery is assumedto be the primary activity of postal workers because their productivity is measured on that basis; the challenge does notreject this point. C The argument does discuss acategory of workers, postal workers, rather than individuals; the challenge does not reject this point. D Correct. This statementproperly identifies the point that is the basis of the challenge to the measure; the objection does NOT accept the position that quality can beignored in evaluating productivity. E There is no doubt thatcounting letters delivered is part of measuring productivity; the challenge is to its being the only measure. The correct answer is D.
这个题目是问flaw吗？ 作者: clumsy123 时间: 2011-4-23 17:14
我觉得就是指出Correctly measuring the productivity of service workers is complex. Consider, for example, postal workers: they are often said to be more productive if more letters are delivered per postal worker. 这段话的flaw吧~
But is this really true? What if more letters are lost or delayed per worker at the same time that more are delivered?这两句话质疑的就是送信的质量问题，那么原来的论点就有个潜在假设就是The quality of services rendered can appropriately be ignored in computing productivity.那2个问句质疑的就是这一点。作者: nickmartin 时间: 2011-4-23 22:20
thank you!作者: nesstang 时间: 2011-9-22 17:34
请问下D选项应该怎么翻译呢，尤其是rendered。而且很不明白，为什么说这是appropriately be ignored。既然都是可以正确地忽视就不算是个flaw啊。。作者: rogerliu111 时间: 2011-10-22 14:29
看了别的帖子茅塞顿开 这道题的d选项 我们大概能读懂意思因为quality ignored 就是说忽略了服务的质量 题目中说送信的例子就是说送得多丢的也多不代表服务质量高 所以选d可以是题干中说法的支持选项作者: JohnY6 时间: 2020-12-12 12:17
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我觉得我应该是明白了，题目想问的是， 上述论述质疑的是哪一个truth，就是 以往是按照送信数量来评价productivity， 这样的方式内含的假设是什么