SAT Reading & Writing Question of the Day

Managers often assume that office presence boosts productivity, but my analysis of hybrid teams suggests the opposite on remote days. When employees work from home, they encounter fewer ad hoc meetings and less ambient noise, two of the most frequently cited disruptions in time-use logs. Crucially, the tasks most central to knowledge work—writing code, drafting reports, and analyzing data—benefit from uninterrupted stretches of focus. Skeptics argue that remote settings invite distraction, yet the time-use records I examined show that nonwork diversions are short and typically scheduled during breaks. While collaboration remains essential, deliberate scheduling of virtual check-ins appears to reduce the fragmentation that plagues open-plan offices. In short, for knowledge workers, remote days likely amplify individual output by shielding them from low-yield interruptions without severing necessary collaboration.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support the scholar's claim?