User experience research indicates that people find some design approaches more ______ than others. Clean, minimalist interfaces consistently receive ...
GMAT Craft and Structure : (Structure) Questions
User experience research indicates that people find some design approaches more ______ than others. Clean, minimalist interfaces consistently receive higher usability scores compared to cluttered, feature-heavy alternatives.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
overwhelming for
distant from
satisfying to
reminiscent of
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Create Passage Analysis Table
| Text from Passage | Analysis |
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| User experience research indicates that people find some design approaches more _______ than others. |
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| Clean, minimalist interfaces consistently receive higher usability scores compared to cluttered, feature-heavy alternatives. |
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Provide Passage Architecture & Core Elements
Main Point: User experience research reveals people have clear preferences among design approaches, with evidence favoring clean, minimalist designs.
Argument Flow: The passage presents a research finding about design preferences and immediately supports it with concrete evidence about usability scores comparing different interface types.
Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely
This is a fill-in-the-blank question asking us to choose the best logical connector. The answer must create the right relationship between what comes before and after the blank.
Step 3: Prethink the Answer
- The missing word needs to describe how people respond to design approaches and be supported by the evidence about usability scores
- Since clean, minimalist designs receive higher usability scores, this suggests people respond more positively to them
- The word should indicate a favorable user response that would explain why certain designs score better
overwhelming for
overwhelming for
✗ Incorrect
- Would mean some designs are more overwhelming, which is negative and contradicts the positive evidence about higher scores
distant from
distant from
✗ Incorrect
- Makes no logical sense in this context about user preferences and has no connection to usability scores
satisfying to
satisfying to
✓ Correct
- Means some designs are more satisfying to people than others, which perfectly explains why they would receive higher usability scores
reminiscent of
reminiscent of
✗ Incorrect
- Makes no grammatical or logical sense in this context and is unrelated to usability research