hard · GMAT Verbal
A national survey found that among workers who changed jobs in the past year, those who negotiated their starting salary at the new job reported, on average, 12% higher pay than those who did not negotiate. A career coach concludes that any worker who negotiates their starting salary will end up earning at least 12% more than they would have without negotiating.
The career coach's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it
- assumes, without justification, that every worker who negotiates will negotiate successfully.
- treats an average gap between self-selected groups as a guaranteed individual result.
- fails to specify the exact dollar amount of the average salary increase.
- presumes that all workers who changed jobs in the past year were surveyed accurately.
- overlooks the possibility that some workers negotiated for benefits other than salary.
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