Explanation for Question 2 From the Writing Section on the 2017 April Sat
For question number two, the writer wants to complete the sentence with information from 2 the graph. So we have to make sure that the statement that's being made 3 is both correct, according to the graph, as well as relevant to the claim 4 that the author is trying to make. So the claim they're looking for refers 5 to advances in the implementation of electronic health record systems. 6 So we're looking for a statement that relates to that, um, 7 and is correct based on the graph. So the sentence currently reads from 8 2001 to 2013, the use of electronic health record systems by office-based 9 physicians and then our detail. 10 So we're S we're emphasizing advances. 11 So we're looking for kind of a, a positive increase, 12 most likely, um, and our graph does seem to illustrate an upward increasing 13 trend. Um, so for that reason, 14 we're going to go ahead and eliminate the no change option. 15 Um, we can guess that this decline is incorrect, 16 um, but breaking down our other answer choices, 17 choice base has increased most dramatically between 2011 and 2012. 18 Um, that would be this section here. 19 Uh, it does look like that's a pretty steep increase. 20 So this looks correct, but it doesn't really speak to the drastic increase 21 in implementation of electronic health record systems over time. 22 So it's not as well-suited to reinforce the author's claim, 23 despite being correct answer choice C says increased from less than 20% of physicians 24 to nearly 80%. So we ...