It would be a nice option to not always have so many acronyms when reading these notes, or to give the option to hover the mouse over it to see the full word.
I feel like the Detective paragraph doesnt work in this example. The fake stimulus doesnt say "a" metric or "The major metric", it says "THE" metric. Meaning this is the way this fake PD works. The niave assumption pitfall doesnt work here because of grammar considerations alone - youre not making an assumption here because the selector is excluding all other factors of success like a weighting criteria or difficulty level criteria. You would literally be having to break the rule presented at the top of the page to not be skeptical. "Your job is to explain the facts, not to deny the facts." it literally says toward the middle.
I grew up in law enforcement and even have two parents that were career detectives, my immediate thought was that some cases are harder than others and are almost 'weighted' differently. But you wouldnt be able to use that train of thought given the rules laid out here and the way this fake stiulus is written.
Please correct the 3rd sentence in the "Deepen the phenomenon" section. It "But we're no longer to an explanation of why his clearance rate is less than half the average" is missing a word between "longer" and "to," such as "looking."
"The correct answer will either explicitly state a fact that will casually explain, partially or fully, the phenomena or it will suggest a causal explanation." - Is casually here intended to be causally?
#feedback May we please make these thingies at the beginning of lessons videos? I find this very hard to digest in one chunk, and I know others feel the same. Thanksss!
Add another fact in need of an explanation. For example, "Considering just the last 3 years of data, Conan's average clearance rate is 35%." ... The stimulus already told me that Conan's average over that 20 year period is 10%, so if the last 3 years are higher, then the previous 17 years must pull it down to 15%.
#feedback typo in the lesson "Attempt to deny a fact. For example, "Holmes, a stellar detective, unlike his colleagues, thinks Detective Conan is overrated and pompous." This answer is designed to bait you to assume that because Holmes thinks Conan isn't so hot, that the fact presented in the stimulus "Conan is widely considered to be best detective on the force" is false. Don't fall for it. "Widely considered" is consistent with a lack of unanimity. Your job is to explain the facts, not to deny the facts."
at first, i was confused about the discrepancy in the clearance rate for det. conan cases then i realized that i was watching criminal minds last night. and while the bau solves a lot of difficult and often high-profile cases, their clearance right might not be the greatest although they are excellent special agents. which led me to the explanation that det. conan might be considered a good detective, despite his low case clearance rate, because he solves the most difficult cases and high-profile cases (career-making cases).
Perhaps Det. Conan is a homicide Detective and many of his unsolved cases are related to one serial killer he is trying to find. Once he catches the killer, then many of his cases will be solved. He works nights and undercover for years on a case in order to close it. He also has the highest respect from his bosses and colleagues. This could explain it all.
"Sometimes, there is an assumption gap between what's said in the stimulus and the correct answer." What does this mean, again? Does anyone have a chart that helps differentiate how assumptions are to be used in MC, MSS, MBT, and PAI, in comparison with assumptions in RRE, W, S, E questions? Are certain patterns of assumptions in the right/wrong answer choices for the two groups of questions above? An organized list, or chart (explaining the different roles assumptions make for each question type) would be very helpful! #Help #Feedback
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This just confused me more. I wish lessons where a new topic is being introduced had videos
It would be a nice option to not always have so many acronyms when reading these notes, or to give the option to hover the mouse over it to see the full word.
I feel like the Detective paragraph doesnt work in this example. The fake stimulus doesnt say "a" metric or "The major metric", it says "THE" metric. Meaning this is the way this fake PD works. The niave assumption pitfall doesnt work here because of grammar considerations alone - youre not making an assumption here because the selector is excluding all other factors of success like a weighting criteria or difficulty level criteria. You would literally be having to break the rule presented at the top of the page to not be skeptical. "Your job is to explain the facts, not to deny the facts." it literally says toward the middle.
I grew up in law enforcement and even have two parents that were career detectives, my immediate thought was that some cases are harder than others and are almost 'weighted' differently. But you wouldnt be able to use that train of thought given the rules laid out here and the way this fake stiulus is written.
Please correct the 3rd sentence in the "Deepen the phenomenon" section. It "But we're no longer to an explanation of why his clearance rate is less than half the average" is missing a word between "longer" and "to," such as "looking."
"The correct answer will either explicitly state a fact that will casually explain, partially or fully, the phenomena or it will suggest a causal explanation." - Is casually here intended to be causally?
#feedback typo in "is widely considered by his colleagues and the brass to be the best detective on the force."
#feedback May we please make these thingies at the beginning of lessons videos? I find this very hard to digest in one chunk, and I know others feel the same. Thanksss!
Typo in the second paragraph of Psychological Spectrum, "depends on mainly on two factors"
#feedback
Was not expecting to see a Detective Conan reference on my LSAT prep journey, but I love to see it.
#feedback typo in :
Add another fact in need of an explanation. For example, "Considering just the last 3 years of data, Conan's average clearance rate is 35%." ... The stimulus already told me that Conan's average over that 20 year period is 10%, so if the last 3 years are higher, then the previous 17 years must pull it down to 15%.
is 15% supposed to be 10% ?
Help, what is POE?
#feedback typo in the lesson "Attempt to deny a fact. For example, "Holmes, a stellar detective, unlike his colleagues, thinks Detective Conan is overrated and pompous." This answer is designed to bait you to assume that because Holmes thinks Conan isn't so hot, that the fact presented in the stimulus "Conan is widely considered to be best detective on the force" is false. Don't fall for it. "Widely considered" is consistent with a lack of unanimity. Your job is to explain the facts, not to deny the facts."
so which category of RRE is this question? Which one of the following, if true, most helps to account for the pest control experts' recommendation?
at first, i was confused about the discrepancy in the clearance rate for det. conan cases then i realized that i was watching criminal minds last night. and while the bau solves a lot of difficult and often high-profile cases, their clearance right might not be the greatest although they are excellent special agents. which led me to the explanation that det. conan might be considered a good detective, despite his low case clearance rate, because he solves the most difficult cases and high-profile cases (career-making cases).
Perhaps Det. Conan is a homicide Detective and many of his unsolved cases are related to one serial killer he is trying to find. Once he catches the killer, then many of his cases will be solved. He works nights and undercover for years on a case in order to close it. He also has the highest respect from his bosses and colleagues. This could explain it all.
anime enjoyer
"Sometimes, there is an assumption gap between what's said in the stimulus and the correct answer." What does this mean, again? Does anyone have a chart that helps differentiate how assumptions are to be used in MC, MSS, MBT, and PAI, in comparison with assumptions in RRE, W, S, E questions? Are certain patterns of assumptions in the right/wrong answer choices for the two groups of questions above? An organized list, or chart (explaining the different roles assumptions make for each question type) would be very helpful! #Help #Feedback