Explanation
This question might probe details that we have forgotten
or even missed in our read, but we can still start with a sense of the main
point: the survey, according to the author, was presenting a question that is
primarily about household income as one that is primarily about race. Let's see
how that sheds light on the answer choices. (A) mentions
neither income nor race. (B) through (D) all mention
race and income, making them good contenders to be the correct answer. (E) is
out; the author does believe that the findings have been established in similar
surveys, but says this survey is a "confirmation and a reminder" (line 40) of
those findings and faults the survey on other grounds (the
interpretation/framing). So we are left with (B) through (D). (C), once again,
concerns the methodology. Being clear that the author has no issue with the
methodology of this survey has allowed us to eliminate a few answer choices
across these questions. Choice (D) encapsulates our prediction: what had been
presented in terms of race should have been presented in terms of income. Is
there an objective defect in (B)? This is tricky, because (B) might sound quite
similar to (B). The key point here is that the author makes her argument based
solely on information provided by the report. For example, lines 15-18: "The
survey found, for example, that black and white internet usage and access is
identical once other variables are controlled." That sentence and the following
discussion show that the survey did account
for how income and race were related variables in the survey--the survey authors
just presented the results in a misleading fashion.
The correct answer is (D).
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