Improving Sentence Clarity and Style

Medium Rhetorical Skills Style

Read the following sentence:

'The results of the experiment were very surprising, leaving the researchers both amazed and perplexed by the data.'

Which revision improves the style of this sentence by enhancing its clarity and conciseness?

'The experiment's results surprised the researchers, leaving them amazed and perplexed by the data.'

'The experiment yielded surprising results, which left the researchers in a state of amazement and confusion about the data.'

'The researchers were both amazed and perplexed by very surprising results from the experiment.'

'The results of the experiment were shocking, which made the researchers feel both stunned and confused by the information.'

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