can someone explain the difference between Pseudo Sufficient Assumption and Sufficient Assumption? I keep getting those confused and reviewing my notes isn't helping
How are Qs 23, 29 not MSS if in the stem it is verbatim asking about which one adds most support to blah blah....? Please explain it in the most 5th grade terms lol
@smallbrowngirl28 These questions are asking which of the answer choices lends the most support (strengthens) to the conclusion (argument). In MSS, the questions will ask you which one of the answer choices is most strongly supported by the argument or premises provided in the stimulus.
@HelainaLaCoste A MSS will ask you to choose which answer is supported by the stimulus.
A PSA will ask you to pick a rule that will justify whatever scenario is happening or which scenario would exemplify better the principle (rule) given.
A SA will ask you for an assumption or inference that will help the conclusion to be true.
@hello Hello, hello. The main difference is that in an MSS question, the Stem presented will support one of the answer choices. On the other hand, in the strengthening questions, our objective is to provide the Stem with something we can strengthen it with, found in the answer choices.
So, in MSS we have the STEM supporting answer choice, and in S we have answer choices supporting the STEM.
@hello found this online too, and found it helpful
MSS assumes the stimulus is true and asks what conclusion it supports (inference), while Strengthen assumes the answer choice is true and asks what it adds to the stimulus
@hello think of it loosely as in MSS you're inferring the conclusion, and in strengthen you're finding the best piece to add to the stimulus conclusion's premises
#feedback it would be helpful if question type identifier drilling / correct diagramming drilling were available tools accessible in the main hub of 7sage rather than limited instances of exercises within the core curriculum
I had an issue with MSS and strengthen but it was because I was reading it wrong thinking it was saying the information above most strongly supports which one of the following when for strengthen it's the archaeologist's claim is most strongly supported by which one of the followin
I know PSA is a subset of Strengthen, but how are you guys telling them apart? the only ones I missed were confusing PSA for Strengthen and Vice Versa.
if you refer to the practice question stems above, the PSA questions ask for the principle that most helps to justify rather than saying "which one of the following, if true strengthens"
I made flash cards. Its only one side (Ie when you print the first time you use you have to fill out the back side) but tehen you can use to drill yourself. Here is a PDF link if you wnat to print and access
Whenever I click print it just shows a pdf of the prompts but not the possible answer choices. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong? I cannot see the full question prompt either, just the question.
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is anyone else finding this a little useless, for me I can easliy 99% of the time figure out the question type.
can someone explain the difference between Pseudo Sufficient Assumption and Sufficient Assumption? I keep getting those confused and reviewing my notes isn't helping
Im getting strengthen, must be true, most strongly supported, Pseudo Sufficient Assumption and Pseudo Sufficient Assumption stems confused.
Is that a big deal or is it okay since they are kind of the same except the strength or validity of the argument?
FINALLY STARTING TO SEE THE LIGHT IN THE DARK TUNNEL
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Anyone have good notes on these question stem identifiers? Mine are pretty limited
good stuff, really needed this
tbh I really enjoyed this exercise! kept me on my feet
I kept waiting for RRE or PAI to show up
I was wondering when we were gonna do something like this
How are Qs 23, 29 not MSS if in the stem it is verbatim asking about which one adds most support to blah blah....? Please explain it in the most 5th grade terms lol
@smallbrowngirl28 These questions are asking which of the answer choices lends the most support (strengthens) to the conclusion (argument). In MSS, the questions will ask you which one of the answer choices is most strongly supported by the argument or premises provided in the stimulus.
I am so confused between MSS and PSA and SA does anyone know a simple way to explain this?
@HelainaLaCoste A MSS will ask you to choose which answer is supported by the stimulus.
A PSA will ask you to pick a rule that will justify whatever scenario is happening or which scenario would exemplify better the principle (rule) given.
A SA will ask you for an assumption or inference that will help the conclusion to be true.
Did hella better than I thought.
whats the difference between MSS and strengthening questions??
@hello Hello, hello. The main difference is that in an MSS question, the Stem presented will support one of the answer choices. On the other hand, in the strengthening questions, our objective is to provide the Stem with something we can strengthen it with, found in the answer choices.
So, in MSS we have the STEM supporting answer choice, and in S we have answer choices supporting the STEM.
@hello found this online too, and found it helpful
MSS assumes the stimulus is true and asks what conclusion it supports (inference), while Strengthen assumes the answer choice is true and asks what it adds to the stimulus
@hello think of it loosely as in MSS you're inferring the conclusion, and in strengthen you're finding the best piece to add to the stimulus conclusion's premises
not able to see any of the question stems at all! Just the text box where our answers go. Can you fix this please
#feedback it would be helpful if question type identifier drilling / correct diagramming drilling were available tools accessible in the main hub of 7sage rather than limited instances of exercises within the core curriculum
@bokim Agreed!
I really enjoyed this exercise. The patterns jump out immediately when presented this way. Thanks, team.
Pseudo Sufficient Assumption is too technical of a term to be a category
@CharChar3 I CANNOT stop calling them pseudo scientific questions.
@CharChar3 i just think of them as "rule application questions" not PSA
i hate PSA and SA i dont understand those questions at allllllll
@Nickgigs Try this video. It helped me a lot.
Tips for Sufficient Assumption Questions [LSAT Logical Reasoning]
@KristoferMuhr Thank you so much for sharing! This helped a lot
@KristoferMuhr Huge help, thank you!
@KristoferMuhr this video helped me more than you will ever know
@KristoferMuhr thank you so much!!! This helped so much. I have been struggling with SA questions so badly.
@Nickgigs PSA usually emphasizes the principle of reasoning, where SA emphasizes the conclusion. At least this is a pattern I see.
SA: The conclusion of the argument follows logically if...
SA: The arguments conclusion is properly drawn if...
SA: The critic's conclusion follows logically if...
SA: Which one of the following, if assumed, allows the conclusion...
PSA: Which one of the following principles most helps...
PSA: Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps...
No Resolve, Reconcile, or Explain...?
I had an issue with MSS and strengthen but it was because I was reading it wrong thinking it was saying the information above most strongly supports which one of the following when for strengthen it's the archaeologist's claim is most strongly supported by which one of the followin
This was surprisingly helpful!
I know PSA is a subset of Strengthen, but how are you guys telling them apart? the only ones I missed were confusing PSA for Strengthen and Vice Versa.
if you refer to the practice question stems above, the PSA questions ask for the principle that most helps to justify rather than saying "which one of the following, if true strengthens"
I made flash cards. Its only one side (Ie when you print the first time you use you have to fill out the back side) but tehen you can use to drill yourself. Here is a PDF link if you wnat to print and access
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RsqC415j5m65dWgFO9IRk9UBrT7Vc5-k/view?usp=sharing
thank youuu for making this!!! I just dowloaded it
Thank you so much!
Whenever I click print it just shows a pdf of the prompts but not the possible answer choices. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong? I cannot see the full question prompt either, just the question.