He had also—quite without meaning to—designed a beautiful economic experiment. from the beginning, feldman kept rigorous data on his business. so by measuring the money collected against the bagels taken, he found it possible to tell, down to the penny, just how honest his customers were. did they steal from him? if so, what were the characteristics of a company that stole versus a company that did not? under what circumstances did people tend to steal more, or less?
based on the excerpt, which of the following best explains why the authors included feldman in their study?
feldman designed a beautiful economic experiment.
feldman kept rigorous data on his business.
feldman disliked people who stole from him.
feldman encouraged people to steal less.

Read the following excerpt from "harrison bergeron" by kurt vonnegut: he tried to think a little about the ballerinas. they weren't really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. they were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. george was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. but he didn't get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts. what message about the role of media is best supported in this excerpt? a. media are the reason george is able to watch ballet. b. media change people's values, making them more selfish. c. media tend to make audiences' worldviews the same. d. media can be used to distract audiences from the truth.