Multiple choice

TV ad: Sign up for our Guaranteed Placement Program! Our students averaged annual package of $ 100000 last year.

Which of the following would be least useful in assessing the validity of the above claim?

  1. The average annual package drawn by the students before they joined this program.

  2. The total batch size on the basis of which this claim has been made.

  3. Extent of variation among the pay packages drawn by the students subsequent to joining the program.

  4. The duration for which the program and the institution offering it have been in operation.

  5. How many students availed of the placement program to get jobs and how many got jobs on their own?
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D Correct answer
Explanation

As long as the course or the institute can fulfill their promise, it is not so important how long they have been in operation. This is not ignoring the fact that it could be useful otherwise to corroborate the reputation of the institution.

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