Answer — Exercise 7
7 - Vital statistics·Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book
Question
Work in pairs. Look at the sentences from the listening and do the following.
Answer
- Far from doing 100% better than a rival, Company B’s actually being hugely outperformed. (Company A is the doer) Company A is hugely outperforming Company B.
- Statistics can be used to manipulate, but they also inform policy development. (the doer is a person or people in general – perhaps the people, agencies or companies that commission the research) People manipulate statistics, but they also use them (statistics) to inform policy development ...
- Researchers may get pressured into finding positive results. (the doer is a person or people in general – perhaps the people, agencies or companies that commission the research) They (The government) may put pressure on researchers to encourage them to find positive results.
- A food company is having some research done to see if its product has health benefits. (the researchers are the doers) Researchers are doing some research for a food company to see if ...
- So next statistics – often thought to be the worst kind of lying there is! (the doer is a person or people in general) People often think statistics are the worst kind of lying there is.
- They may worry about not being employed again, which may affect their conclusions. (the doer is the person or people who do the employing – the employer) They may be worried about losing their jobs. / They may be worried employers won’t employ them.
- Obviously, research in a respected journal, reviewed by other experts, will be better than something published anonymously online. (the doers are experts and people who publish online) Obviously, research in a respected journal, that experts have reviewed, will be better than something that people have published online.