I was very bias about the texts at the beginning too, but after little bit of time and digesting material. You will find these texts very useful. Pls don't skip them. @KevinLin'sOldUserName@J.Y.Ping thx
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!
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
For MSS-MBT questions, what is meant by an assumption gap between stimulus and correct answer is like if a question talked about raptors becoming chickens. and then the correct AC would be something like "some reptiles are the evolutionary predecessor to fowl" It would require the assumption that raptors are a type of reptile. We both know this and it is a reasonable assumption, so its ok. But if an AC said something like "it is not uncommon to see predatory species become prey" that would require assuming raptors are predatory and chickens are prey, which they could be, or could not be depending on what animals they are being compared with.
For the RRE-W-S-E questions it would be like the above example of Det. Conan
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Why isnt this a video?!?
Where my april people at???
@Gabero123 YOOOOO
@Gabero123 Whadupppp
@Gabero123 yessirrr
Tangential, but: Cases solved / total cases wouldn’t a higher percentage be better?
video
@LSATDemon the imposter
@VanillaCat haha
Great Explanation, thank you!
I was very bias about the texts at the beginning too, but after little bit of time and digesting material. You will find these texts very useful. Pls don't skip them. @KevinLin'sOldUserName @J.Y.Ping thx
I tried reading a few paragraphs and just figure that I should just move on before I get more confused.
No video???
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.
@Sunday_Blues13 I have no family or experience with law enforcement but I immediately came up with the exact two assumptions the text provided.
@Sunday_Blues13
What is a fake stimulus?
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!
Was not expecting to see a Detective Conan reference on my LSAT prep journey, but I love to see it.
Help, what is POE?
Process of elimination. If you can't seem to find the correct answer, then eliminate the ones that you know are wrong.
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).
we're both watching right now slay
love!!! it's like a reward at the end of a very tedious day studying
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
I think I can help,
For MSS-MBT questions, what is meant by an assumption gap between stimulus and correct answer is like if a question talked about raptors becoming chickens. and then the correct AC would be something like "some reptiles are the evolutionary predecessor to fowl" It would require the assumption that raptors are a type of reptile. We both know this and it is a reasonable assumption, so its ok. But if an AC said something like "it is not uncommon to see predatory species become prey" that would require assuming raptors are predatory and chickens are prey, which they could be, or could not be depending on what animals they are being compared with.
For the RRE-W-S-E questions it would be like the above example of Det. Conan
hope this helped