In an experiment, two different types of recorded music were played for neonates in adjacent nurseries in a hospital. In nursery A, classical music was played; in nursery B, rock music was played. After two weeks, it was found that the babies in nursery A cried less, suffered fewer minor ailments, and gained more weight than did the babies in nursery B. 4. In evaluating the validity of the conclusion suggested by the experiment above, it would be most important to know which of the following? (A) The musical preferences of the parents of the two groups of newborns (B) Whether the newborns in both nurseries were equally healthy and happy at the start of the experiment (C) Whether loud rock music can damage the hearing of newborns (D) What the average weight of the neonates was before and after the experiment(B) (E) Whether the music was played in the nurseries at all times or only at certain times
答案选B,我选D。首先要是我个人分析的话,我会觉得要评价上述结论,应该知道A和B组的婴儿在听音乐前的条件是否一样,他们的重量是否一致,他们患病的情况或者比例。而实际上没有一个选项能满足我的评价。B选项只考虑了健康没考虑体重问题,而且是否happy与文章不符,虽然说cry less,但不能说明不cry就是happy.而D选项呢没提到健康问题,但是说了体重的问题。我想知道为什么不选D而选B.照理说B和D都是半斤八两。
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