ibps-so 2016 · Question 255 of 394

Which one of the following best expresses the central argument of the passage?

1. AThat the national aggregate is an estimate resting upon conventions, indispensable in practice but constantly misused by those who treat it as an exact measurementCorrect
2. BThat the national aggregate is so defective that it ought to be given up and some index of contentment adopted instead
3. CThat the statisticians who compile the aggregate are insu ciently trained in the methods of their own discipline
4. DThat the aggregate would be accurate if only the surveys upon which it rests covered the whole of the population
5. EThat the aggregate is chie y of use to legislatures and newspapers and has no place in the making of policy