Daily Drill: SAT® Command of Evidence - Data Analysis Practice Question
Also Great Practice for ACT® Science
Today’s drill is a mock Command of Evidence Question. It follows the digital SAT® format but is also great practice for ACT® English.
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Business researcher Dr. Marvin Elders has shown that split leadership structures—which occur when one co-founder manages operations while another manages finances—tend to accompany reductions in total revenue relative to industry averages, which Elders interprets to reflect decreases in business stability. Elders calculated the percentage point change in total revenue (encompassing both product and service sales) for consecutive periods of business development. Elders has pointed to his calculations as evidence that a split leadership structure may be a necessary but not sufficient condition for a decrease in business stability to occur.
Which choice best describes data from the table that support the underlined claim?
A) The periods of unified leadership were associated with increases in product sales revenue, whereas all the periods of split leadership except one were associated with reductions in service sales revenue.
B) All the periods of split leadership were associated with reductions in total revenue, although two periods were also associated with increases in product sales revenue.
C) The periods of unified leadership were associated with increases in total revenue, whereas all the periods of split leadership were associated with reductions in either product sales revenue or service sales revenue.
D) All the periods of split leadership except one were associated with reductions in total revenue, whereas the periods of unified leadership were associated with increases in total revenue.
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