Question

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner’s Freakonomics.

The data also show that smaller offices are more honest than big ones. An office with a few dozen employees generally outpays by 3 to 5 percent an office with a few hundred employees. This may seem counterintuitive. In a bigger office, a bigger crowd is bound to convene around the bagel table, providing more witnesses to make sure you drop your money in the box. But in the big-office/small-office comparison, bagel crime seems to mirror street crime. There is far less street crime per capita in rural areas than in cities, in large part because a rural criminal is more likely to be known (and therefore caught). Also, a smaller community tends to exert greater social incentives against crime, the main one being shame.

Which idea from this paragraph supports the claim that “smaller offices are more honest than big ones”?
Small offices generally pay better than larger offices.
Large communities tend to have less crime.
Large offices gather around the breakfast table.
Small communities have more incentives against crime.

Answer 1

d

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The idea from this paragraph that supports the claim that "smaller offices are more honest that big ones" is:

D) Small communities have more incentives against crime.

Step-by-step explanation:

This excerpt presents the information that smaller offices are more honest than big ones, even though people in general would probably think the opposite. To support their claim, the authors provide evidence when they say smaller communities have more incentives against crime. Also, in smaller communities, it is easier to know who committed the crime. The same goes for small offices. People tend to be more honest and really pay for the bagels left there for sale because they feel the social environment demands that from them. Others would easily notice if money was missing, and figuring out who it was that didn't pay would also happen without any difficulty.