Item — sat-dog

Medium Reading and Writing · Craft and Structure · None · MCQ

The text describes an experiment in which a group of people are asked to rate how funny they find certain jokes. One group of people are asked to rate the jokes after being told that they were written by an AI, and another group of people are asked to rate the same jokes after being told that they were written by a human. The results of the experiment show that the jokes are rated as funnier by the group that believes the jokes were written by a human.

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text?

A
It suggests that the experiment is flawed, as the participants’ expectations could have influenced their ratings of the jokes.
B
It states that the results of the experiment are inconclusive, as the experiment did not account for the participants’ expectations.
C
It introduces a hypothesis that will be tested in the experiment.
D
It provides an example of a finding that supports the text’s main point.

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