LSAT 149 – Section 1 – Question 07

LSAT 149 - Section 1 - Question 07

December 2017

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT149 S1 Q07
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Sampling +Smpl
A
86%
163
B
1%
152
C
1%
152
D
9%
157
E
2%
154
129
141
152
 +Easier 143.093 +SubsectionEasier

Rita: No matter how you look at them, your survey results are misleading. Since people generally lie on such surveys, the numbers you collected are serious underestimates.

Hiro: I have no doubt that people lie on surveys of this type. The question is whether some people lie more than others. While the raw numbers surely underestimate what I’m trying to measure, the relative rates those numbers represent are probably close to being accurate.

Speaker 1 Summary
Now matter how you look at them, your survey results are misleading. Why? Because the numbers collected are serious underestimates, since people generally lie on surveys.

Speaker 2 Summary
The rates these numbers represent are probably close to being accurate. Despite the raw numbers surely being an underestimate, the question is whether some people lie more than others.

Objective
We need a statement Rita and Hiro disagree on. They disagree whether Hiro’s survey results are misleading. Rita thinks the results are misleading because the raw numbers are underestimates. Hiro does not think they are misleading because the rates that the raw numbers represent are probably close to accurate.

A
the survey results are misleading regardless of how they are interpreted
Rita and Hiro disagree on this statement. Rita agrees because she states the results are misleading no matter how you examine them. Hiro disagrees because when you examine the rates instead of the raw numbers, the results are close to accurate.
B
people tend to lie on certain kinds of surveys
Both speakers agree on this statement. Rita claims that the survey results are misleading because people lie on surveys. Hiro concedes this point.
C
a different type of measure than a survey would produce results that are less misleading
Neither speaker expresses an opinion on this statement. Both speaker’s comments are limited to the results of Hiro’s survey specifically.
D
the raw numbers collected are serious underestimates
Both speakers agree on this statement. Rita claims that the survey results are misleading because the raw numbers are serious underestimates. Hiro concedes this point, but suggests to look at the rates instead of the raw numbers.
E
the number of people surveyed was adequate for the survey’s purpose
Neither speaker expresses an opinion on this statement. The raw number from the story could be misleading for reasons other than the total number of people surveyed.

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