LSAT 132 – Section 4 – Question 24

LSAT 132 - Section 4 - Question 24

December 2010

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PT132 S4 Q24
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Fill in the blank +Fill
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Sampling +Smpl
A
5%
160
B
41%
162
C
48%
165
D
3%
155
E
3%
156
148
165
180
 +Hardest 146.238 +SubsectionMedium

J.Y.’s explanation

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In a recent study of arthritis, researchers tried but failed to find any correlation between pain intensity and any of those features of the weather—humidity, temperature swings, barometric pressure—usually cited by arthritis sufferers as the cause of their increased pain. Those arthritis sufferers in the study who were convinced of the existence of such a correlation gave widely varying accounts of the time delay between the occurrence of what they believed to be the relevant feature of the weather and the increased intensity of the pain. Thus, this study _______.

Summary
The stimulus discusses a study where researchers tried and failed to find any correlation between pain intensity in arthritis sufferers and various weather features (humidity, temperature swings, barometric pressure). Arthritis sufferers in the study who believed in such a correlation gave widely varying accounts of the time delay between the weather change and the increased pain.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
There is no correlation between weather features and pain intensity.

A
indicates that the weather affects some arthritis sufferers more quickly than it does other arthritis sufferers
This is too strong to support. There is no indication that the weather impacts pain intensity at all, much less that it impacts some more quickly than others.
B
indicates that arthritis sufferers’ beliefs about the causes of the pain they feel may affect their assessment of the intensity of that pain
This is a tricky answer choice, but it is too strong to support. You have to make an assumption that the arthritis sufferers are correct. There is no support that the beliefs about their pain impact the assessment of that pain.
C
suggests that arthritis sufferers are imagining the correlation they assert to exist
The argument's premises (that there is no correlation and widely varying accounts) support the conclusion that this perceived correlation is imaginary. Remember, your job is to complete THIS argument, not provide assumptions to lead to another conclusion.
D
suggests that some people are more susceptible to weather-induced arthritis pain than are others
The stimulus says that there is no correlation.
E
suggests that the scientific investigation of possible links between weather and arthritis pain is impossible
This is too strong to support. The stimulus only says that there is no correlation, not that such correlation is impossible.

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