medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
A hospital administrator observed that patients who received visits from therapy dogs recovered from surgery 15 percent faster than patients who did not. The administrator concluded that the emotional support provided by the dogs directly accelerated the physical healing process.
Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the administrator's conclusion?
- Patients were assigned at random either to a group that received therapy-dog visits or to a control group that received none
- Nursing staff reported feeling less stressed on the days when therapy dogs were present in the hospital wards
- Around the same time, the hospital upgraded its surgical equipment, producing faster recovery times throughout the facility
- A large share of the patients who received therapy-dog visits had owned pets of their own in the past
- Therapy-dog visits guarantee faster recovery for every surgical patient regardless of any other circumstance
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