Could there ever be a possibility that the correct answer choice has the rule written in contrapositive form? Or are the answers truly always going to follow the general pattern from the stimulus?
#help - Where did I go wrong here. I now understand why C is correct (I originally misread it) but I'm still struggling to understand why E is wrong.
I interpreted the stimulus to be:
accurate + curious → Good Journalim
I kinda ignored the part about high viewership, maybe this is part of my error.
I interpreted E to be:
/(accurate or curious) -> /Good journalism
Using DeMorgan's law, I took the contrapositive of the OG stimulus to be the same thing that E was saying.
Did I incorrectly translate something into lawgic here? Or is the takeaway that if the actual argument is present as an AC, then that overrules the contrapositive of the original argument?
Should we even be thinking about the contrapositive of the rule when going through the answers, or will the correct answer always (or at least usually) be a straightforward restatement of the rule? I feel like trying to hunt for the contrapositive would take up too much previous time
Are there correct answers where the answer is presented as it's contra-positive?
In other words answer choice C could be written as: It is not the case that journalism is good if it does not provide accurate information or is not of interest to the public.
E felt tempting in that respect, but I am following everything you're saying
I have been rolling through this section. Would it be dumb of me to assume that a large majority of LSAT questions may consist of these type of assumption questions because of how long the section is (28 Lessons) and how many drill questions there are?
I think D is wrong also because it doesn't trigger the premises/sufficient (rules) conditions of having high viewership AND being accurate information.
Not necessarily because the sufficient and necessary conditions are reversed. I was thinking that "always" introduced the sufficient condition. ~
PSA question types have not humbled me yet like the S and W questions. Maybe it will humble me in the rest of the "you try". I understand the structure and even if my logic set is not strong enough I am intuitively able to grab the right answer. Is that bad or good?
The way I got this was the idea that the conclusion in the stimulus involved a positive claim about journalism, and when it is good. Therefore, any answer explaining when good journalism is not good, and therefore bad, wouldn't have satisfied as a solid rule. Since, we're trying to justify the premises leading to the conclusion, and as mentioned, the conclusion was a positive claim.
Not sure if I skipped through the part of this section where he explains the two defects and starting/ ending at the wrong places/ right places. Can someone explain?
Does anyone else find it shocking that 92% of people answered this question correctly? I understand it is not a very difficult question but still, I am surprised.
So do we not think of the contrapositives on certain answers when deeming them as either the right or wrong answer? Because wouldnt E's contrapositive be considered a good answer? For example, because E is using Group 4 words (i.e. never), wouldnt we negate one and make it the necessary, which would end with us having: Satisfy Public Curiosity + Provides Accurate Info -> Good Journalism?
I am seeing these questions will be my strong suit. I love the. Confidence going up little by little 😁
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Idk if i should be happy or not but I have been doing pretty good in this section as compare to others. Anyone else ?
Could there ever be a possibility that the correct answer choice has the rule written in contrapositive form? Or are the answers truly always going to follow the general pattern from the stimulus?
Why isn't "Coverage received Criticsm" one of the facts? I feel like it just dropped off
#help - Where did I go wrong here. I now understand why C is correct (I originally misread it) but I'm still struggling to understand why E is wrong.
I interpreted the stimulus to be:
accurate + curious → Good Journalim
I kinda ignored the part about high viewership, maybe this is part of my error.
I interpreted E to be:
/(accurate or curious) -> /Good journalism
Using DeMorgan's law, I took the contrapositive of the OG stimulus to be the same thing that E was saying.
Did I incorrectly translate something into lawgic here? Or is the takeaway that if the actual argument is present as an AC, then that overrules the contrapositive of the original argument?
3 for 3 chat lets goooooo
Should we even be thinking about the contrapositive of the rule when going through the answers, or will the correct answer always (or at least usually) be a straightforward restatement of the rule? I feel like trying to hunt for the contrapositive would take up too much previous time
Do ALL THREE premises need to be met for the answer to be correct, or would just two be sufficient?
Are there correct answers where the answer is presented as it's contra-positive?
In other words answer choice C could be written as: It is not the case that journalism is good if it does not provide accurate information or is not of interest to the public.
E felt tempting in that respect, but I am following everything you're saying
I have been rolling through this section. Would it be dumb of me to assume that a large majority of LSAT questions may consist of these type of assumption questions because of how long the section is (28 Lessons) and how many drill questions there are?
I think D is wrong also because it doesn't trigger the premises/sufficient (rules) conditions of having high viewership AND being accurate information.
Not necessarily because the sufficient and necessary conditions are reversed. I was thinking that "always" introduced the sufficient condition. ~
I have a question! Can contrapositives be correct answers for these types of questions?
I thought it was C then changed my answer to E. Can Someone explain to me why you could not just flip C to make is help the argument? #Help
PSA question types have not humbled me yet like the S and W questions. Maybe it will humble me in the rest of the "you try". I understand the structure and even if my logic set is not strong enough I am intuitively able to grab the right answer. Is that bad or good?
What percentage of questions on the lsat are considered level 5 difficulty?
The way I got this was the idea that the conclusion in the stimulus involved a positive claim about journalism, and when it is good. Therefore, any answer explaining when good journalism is not good, and therefore bad, wouldn't have satisfied as a solid rule. Since, we're trying to justify the premises leading to the conclusion, and as mentioned, the conclusion was a positive claim.
Not sure if I skipped through the part of this section where he explains the two defects and starting/ ending at the wrong places/ right places. Can someone explain?
why was the last lesson and this one both level 3 but it felt like this one was easier to understand all the parts?
Will the conclusion always be the necessary part of sufficient/necessary and the sufficient part will be the premises? #help
Does anyone else find it shocking that 92% of people answered this question correctly? I understand it is not a very difficult question but still, I am surprised.
This was the confidence boost I needed
Did this one in 40 seconds!
After getting the last few wrong, nailing this one in my fastest time yet was very rewarding! Lightbulb finally clicked on
So do we not think of the contrapositives on certain answers when deeming them as either the right or wrong answer? Because wouldnt E's contrapositive be considered a good answer? For example, because E is using Group 4 words (i.e. never), wouldnt we negate one and make it the necessary, which would end with us having: Satisfy Public Curiosity + Provides Accurate Info -> Good Journalism?
Thanks!!!
feeling very grateful for these PSAr questions after getting my butt whooped by WSE questions 🙏🏻
I am seeing these questions will be my strong suit. I love the. Confidence going up little by little 😁