Exam GMAT Section 3 topic 1 question 137 discussion

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Question #: 137
Topic #: 1

The more frequently employees that take a break for guided relaxation exercises during working hours each week, the fewer sick days they take. Even workers who take a guided relaxation break once a week during working hours take less sick leave than those who do not perform relaxation. Therefore, if companies started guided relaxation programs, the absentee rate in those companies would decrease significantly.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?

A. Employees who do guided relaxation exercises during working hours occasionally fall asleep for short periods of time after the exercises.
B. Employees who are frequently absent are the least likely to cooperate with or to join a corporate relaxation program.
C. Employees who do guide relaxation exercises only once a week in their company's fitness program usually also do relaxation exercises at home.
D. Employees who do guided relaxation exercises in their company's relaxation program use their working time no more productively than those who do not do relaxation exercises.
E. Employees do guided relaxation exercises during working hours take slightly longer lunch breaks than employees who do not do relaxation exercise

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by niloc91 at May 18, 2025, 9:58 p.m.

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niloc91

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Selected Answer: B

This is key. If the employees who already take fewer sick days are the ones who participate, then the relationship might be correlational, not causal. In other words, it's not that relaxation reduces sick days, but that healthier, more committed employees are the ones choosing to do relaxation in the first place.

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