PTE Reading MC Single Answer
Read the passage and answer the question by selecting the correct response from the options below.
Governments, businesses, and many types of institutions collect, organize and record statistics. Statistics capture vital information about such things as the economy， population and the environment and therefore allow meaningful comparisons to be made. This can then inform decisions and plans made about such issues which in turn become public policies. While it may be the issues behind the statistics, rather than the statistics as such that command the public’s attention, it must be recognized that it is the figures that inform these issues.
The author considers statistics to be important because_____