Financial Analyst: Healthcare professionals, such as doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, rarely succeed when they manage financial projects. In fact, the average healthcare professional is less skilled at managing financial projects than the average management professional who does not work in a healthcare field. Successful management of financial projects requires strong quantitative skills. Therefore, the average management professional has stronger quantitative skills than the average healthcare professional.
Which of the following, if true, casts the most serious doubt on the conclusion drawn above?
(A) The education of an average healthcare professional includes about as many classes focused on quantitative skills as that of an average management professional. - Irrelevant, since the argument talks about greater quant skills, higher classes doesnt necessarily results in higher quant skills
(B) Unlike the education of an average healthcare professional, that of an average management professional includes training in project management.- Irrelevant, training in project management does not really mean that Quant skills will be better. Moreover this supports the argument and does not weaken it
(C) The average management professional has completed a higher level of mathematics than the average healthcare professional. - Strengthener, supports the argument
(D) Project managers generally have more free time to dedicate to financial projects than most doctors. - Correct choice, if doctors have less time, no matter even if they have higher quant skills they would still not be able to devote the time required to manage it
(E) Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists must use quantitative skills on a daily basis in order to be successful at their jobs.- Supports the argument, incorrect
Correct Choice: D
Which of the following, if true, casts the most serious doubt on the conclusion drawn above?
(A) The education of an average healthcare professional includes about as many classes focused on quantitative skills as that of an average management professional. - Irrelevant, since the argument talks about greater quant skills, higher classes doesnt necessarily results in higher quant skills
(B) Unlike the education of an average healthcare professional, that of an average management professional includes training in project management.- Irrelevant, training in project management does not really mean that Quant skills will be better. Moreover this supports the argument and does not weaken it
(C) The average management professional has completed a higher level of mathematics than the average healthcare professional. - Strengthener, supports the argument
(D) Project managers generally have more free time to dedicate to financial projects than most doctors. - Correct choice, if doctors have less time, no matter even if they have higher quant skills they would still not be able to devote the time required to manage it
(E) Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists must use quantitative skills on a daily basis in order to be successful at their jobs.- Supports the argument, incorrect
Correct Choice: D