|Question 13Verbal

Source Texts

Text
Saeed M.Z.A. Tarabieh conducted a study of consumer attitudes toward Jordanian food and beverage companies and found that for consumers who value environmental conservation, their likelihood of purchasing a product decreased when their perception of the product's risk of causing environmental harm increased. Subsequently, other researchers conducted a study of various demographic groups in Vietnam, investigating participants' intentions to purchase a new skin-care product, and found that, on average, parents of small children had the lowest perception among all the demographic groups in the study of the environmental risks of the skin-care product. Assuming that the results of Tarabieh's study are broadly applicable, this finding suggests that ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
parents of small children likely prioritize other factors over a product's environmental sustainability when making purchasing decisions.
A
there is not a meaningful difference in the average likelihood of purchasing environmentally friendly products among the demographic groups included in the study.
B
the new skin-care product is less appealing to parents of small children than other similar products on the market are.
C
parents of small children might be more likely than participants in the other demographic groups to purchase the skin-care product.
D