LSAT 155 – Section 4 – Question 17

LSAT 155 - Section 4 - Question 17

November 2019

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
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PT155 S4 Q17
+LR
Argument part +AP
Net Effect +NetEff
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
2%
152
B
3%
147
C
77%
162
D
8%
152
E
11%
154
142
149
157
 +Medium 147.589 +SubsectionMedium

Legislator: University humanities departments bring in less tuition and grant money than science departments. But because teaching and research cost significantly less in the humanities than in the sciences, humanities departments bring in more money than they spend while the reverse is true of science departments. As a result, contrary to the typical characterization that humanities departments freeload on science departments, humanities departments actually subsidize science departments. Thus, it is a mistake for universities to cut humanities departments when facing budget shortfalls.

Summarize Argument
The Legislator concludes that it is a mistake for universities to cut humanities departments when facing budget shortfalls for several reasons:
Teaching and research in the humanities costs less
(Sub-conclusion) So Humanities departments bring in more money than they spend
(Sub-conclusion) So Humanities departments subsidize science departments

Identify Argument Part
The claim in the first part of the second sentence is a premise offered in support of a sub-conclusion, which is offered as support for the Legislator’s main conclusion.

A
It is offered as support for the accuracy of an alleged stereotype.
There is no support offered for the stereotype in the third sentence.
B
It is an alleged stereotype rejected in the argument’s overall conclusion.
The claim is not a stereotype and the claim is not rejected by the Legislator.
C
It is put forward as a component of an explanation for a premise of the argument.
The claim is used as support for a sub-conclusion of the argument which is used to support the Legislator’s main conclusion.
D
It is an intermediate conclusion from which the argument’s overall conclusion is inferred.
The claim is used as support for a sub-conclusion of the argument. The claim itself is not a sub-conclusion.
E
It is one of many claims each presented as independent support for the argument’s overall conclusion.
The claim is not independent support for the Legislator’s main conclusion.

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