Free Digital SAT Practice Test 1 | Reading and Writing Module 2 (Easy)

Reading and Writing Module 2 (Easy) Question 27

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

The “Federalist Papers” are a collection of 85 essays originally published under the pseudonym “Publius”.
The authors have been identified as Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
Of the 85 essays, 12 have been disputed, leading to heated debates over whether they were written by Hamilton or Madison.
Mathematicians Frederick Mosteller and David Wallace used comparative analysis to examine the individual writing styles of the essays.
They found that Madison was most likely the author, noting that Madison’s average use of the word “upon” was 0.23, and the disputed essay had less of this word.

The student wants to make a generalization about the kind of study conducted by Mosteller and Wallace. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

James Madison has an average of 0.23 uses of the word “upon,” making him the likely author of the 12 essays.
Mathematicians have used the method of comparative analysis to resolve the issues of authorship in the field of literature.
It is likely that James Madison, not Alexander Hamilton, was the author of the 12 disputed essays of the the “Federalist Papers.”
Using comparative analysis, Mosteller and Wallace claim that James Madison was the author of the 12 disputed essays.

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