Question
You won’t believe how easy it is for burglars to break into your home!!!
If you don’t have a security system for your house, then you, your family, and all of your valuable possessions are at risk. Home invasions affect 12% of Americans each year—don’t be one of them! If your things go missing, dealing with insurance companies is a hassle and they may not even reimburse you. And if anything were to happen to you or your family during a home invasion, there’s no reimbursement in the world that could make up for your suffering.
With a SafeHouse™ security system, burglars, kidnappers, and home invaders will be scared off by a loud sound and the police will be summoned to your house immediately. There’s no such thing as a false alarm—unless you go with a low-quality brand of security system.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
What are ways to reduce the bias in this passage? Select two correct answers.
(1 point)
Responses
rewriting the headline to remove exclamation points
rewriting the headline to remove exclamation points
providing additional statistics on suburban crime
providing additional statistics on suburban crime
presenting positive and negative aspects of multiple products
presenting positive and negative aspects of multiple products
replacing you with third person pronouns like everyone
replacing you with third person pronouns like everyone
including more emotional words like problematic and danger
If you don’t have a security system for your house, then you, your family, and all of your valuable possessions are at risk. Home invasions affect 12% of Americans each year—don’t be one of them! If your things go missing, dealing with insurance companies is a hassle and they may not even reimburse you. And if anything were to happen to you or your family during a home invasion, there’s no reimbursement in the world that could make up for your suffering.
With a SafeHouse™ security system, burglars, kidnappers, and home invaders will be scared off by a loud sound and the police will be summoned to your house immediately. There’s no such thing as a false alarm—unless you go with a low-quality brand of security system.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
What are ways to reduce the bias in this passage? Select two correct answers.
(1 point)
Responses
rewriting the headline to remove exclamation points
rewriting the headline to remove exclamation points
providing additional statistics on suburban crime
providing additional statistics on suburban crime
presenting positive and negative aspects of multiple products
presenting positive and negative aspects of multiple products
replacing you with third person pronouns like everyone
replacing you with third person pronouns like everyone
including more emotional words like problematic and danger
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To reduce the bias in the passage, the two correct answers are:
1. **Providing additional statistics on suburban crime** - This would help to provide a broader perspective and context on the issue, rather than focusing solely on the fear factor.
2. **Presenting positive and negative aspects of multiple products** - This approach would allow for a more balanced view of security systems, rather than promoting only one brand as the best option.
These changes would help create a more objective and informative text.
1. **Providing additional statistics on suburban crime** - This would help to provide a broader perspective and context on the issue, rather than focusing solely on the fear factor.
2. **Presenting positive and negative aspects of multiple products** - This approach would allow for a more balanced view of security systems, rather than promoting only one brand as the best option.
These changes would help create a more objective and informative text.