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ID: SAT-RW-II-020
Section: SAT Reading & Writing (RW) – Information and Ideas
Topic: Command of Evidence – Quantitative
Difficulty level: Hard

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Considering a broad sample of metropolitan newspapers, media scholars Imani Okoro and Haruto Kim tallied how many staff reporters and how many outside subject-matter specialists (academics, industry experts, and community historians) gave direct input to the editor on story selection in three multi-year periods. According to the researchers, across the years analyzed, editors increasingly sought perspectives from a wider range of outside specialists rather than relying solely on in-house staff.

Period	Average number of staff reporters advising the editor	Average number of outside specialists advising the editor
2002–2005	10	12
2006–2010	11	15
2011–2018	9	20

Which choice best describes data from the table that support the researchers' conclusion?

AThe average number of staff reporters and outside specialists advising editors constantly increased from 2002–2005 to 2011–2018.

BThe average number of staff reporters advising the editor did not increase from 2006–2010 to 2011–2018.

CIn each of the three periods, the average number of outside specialists advising the editor exceeded the average number of staff reporters advising the editor.

DThe average number of outside specialists advising the editor increased over the three periods studied.

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