SAT question 156ff681 (Command Of Evidence)

Question

Many governments that regularly transfer money to individuals—to provide supplemental incomes for senior citizens, for example—have long done so electronically, but other countries typically have distributed physical money and have only recently developed electronic transfer infrastructure. Researchers studied the introduction of an electronic transfer system in one such location and found that recipients of electronic transfers consumed a different array of foods than recipients of physical transfers of the same amount did. One potential explanation for this result is that individuals conceive of and allocate funds in physical money differently than they conceive of and allocate funds in electronic form. Which finding from the study, if true, would most directly weaken the potential explanation?

College Board · Accepted Answer

The correct answer is B. Choice B is the best answer. This would weaken the explanation. If the recipients of electronic money immediately withdrew it all as physical money, then both kinds of recipients ended up spending physical money on food. So there must be some other explanation why those who initially received electronic money ate different kinds of food.

shahdia2911 · Answer

If both are using physical money, then it doesn't support the text, which states that the money is used differently for both forms.

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SAT Question 156ff681: Command Of Evidence answer and explanation

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Why the other choices are wrong

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