ibps-so 2018 · Question 134 of 356

It may be inferred from the passage that the public misjudges forecasters chie y because

1. Aforecasters deliberately conceal the gures upon which their forecasts rest
2. Bthe arithmetic involved is beyond the reach of any but a trained statistician
3. Cforecasts are issued too infrequently for any judgement to be formed about them
4. Dthe instruments used in forecasting are known to be unreliable
5. Eit meets forecasts singly rather than in runs, keeps no tally, and remembers the conspicuous failure while forgetting the unremarkable stretch of accuracy around itCorrect