In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
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Question: Statement: Case study data were collected through interviews and analysis of documentation. Choices:  1. Interviews and analysis of documentation were collected to provide the data for the case study of certain employees to study how some of them succeed to meet the quota in a company and others fall behind in performance by the third quarter.  2. Interviews and analysis of documentation were collected to provide the data for the case study. 3. Participant test-taking and objective lab tests were collected to provide supplemental data for the case study.

Answer: 2


Question: Statement: GAO's work on Y2K began through its research and development program, but the vital importance of this issue has manifested itself in many congressional requests for work that the agency received in fiscal years 1998 and 1999. Choices:  1. The extreme importance of the Y2K issue caused a number of requests for work from GOA. 2. GOA investigated the Y2K issue because it a widespread impact on financial institutions and businesses. 3. The Y2K issue was widely ignored and required little to no work to resolve.

Answer: 1


Question: Statement: The ultimate effect of Social Security reform on national saving depends on complex interactions between government saving and personal saving-both through pension funds and by individuals on their own behalf. Choices:  1. Savings, whether through corporate pensions or personal savings, has no impact whatsoever on Social Security reform. 2. Personal savings by individuals has a greater impact on Social Security reform than corporate pension funds. 3. Social Security reform is not a simple issue and is impacted by pension funds and individual savings.

Answer:
3