Smithtown
University’s fund-raisers succeeded in getting donations from 80
percent of the potential donors they contacted.
SU大学筹款人,成功地在所有他们联系过的人里面,搞定了80%人,让他们捐款.
This success rate,
exceptionally high for university fund-raisers, does not indicate that
they were doing a good job.
(结论):这个数字很高,但是不能说明他们工作做的好。
On the contrary, since the people most
likely to donate are those who have donated in the past,
理由1:以前有捐款前科的人,总是最有可能接着捐款。
good
fundraisers constantly try less-likely prospects in an effort to expand
the donor base.
理由2:好的筹款人的标准是尝试搞定那些不大捐款的人,以期扩大捐款人队伍。
The high success rate shows insufficient canvassing
effort. Which of the following, if true, provides more support for the argument?
找支持结论(这个数字很高,但是不能说明他们工作做的好)的选项
A. Smithtown
University’s fund-raisers were successful in their contacts with
potential donors who had never given before about as frequently as were
fundraisers for other universities in their contacts with such people.
发展新人的成绩方面,SU的筹款人和他校一样(依照那个牛人标准,他们确实不咋地----》就算有个80%的数字放在那里)
C. This year most of
the donations that came to Smithtown University from people who had
previously donated to it were made without the university’s
fund-raisers having made any contact with the donors.
注意题目第一句话,粗体字:(成功地在所有他们联系过的人里面,搞定了80%人)----->现在讨论的人群,不管有没有捐款史,都是筹款人曾经游说过的人群(比如打过电话,发过邮件,吃过饭什么的),C里突然冒出一组神秘人,是根本没有和筹款人有过联系的人群,(可能他们有过捐款史),反正筹集人没有联系他们,他们跑过来,咣咣捐了100多万,但是超出范围了啊。根本和80%无关。因为题目的80%是指的这样一个群体:和筹集人有过联系...
这是我自己说服自己的思考过程------尤其对C“无关”的思考。