Definitely interpreted this question stem wrong. I wrongly assumed that information on the amount of airtime could be paired with information on the viewership and the cultural influence. Question stem is saying ONE STUDY, not paired with any other information, what can be answered.
I still don’t thoroughly understand why I got this one incorrect. But I believe part of it was misinterpreting this part of the prompt: "given the information in the passage" - I took this to mean that I should look for an answer that aligns with what the author's main point/perspective is. When I believe what it means is: "only considering the facts provided by the passage" ????
@calliekoskovich yeah that's why i eliminated a. was not relevant to the questions asked. but i know if they worded the question stem better i wouldve easily gotten it. if you figure out why a is right given the question stem formatting lmk
I think this is one of those questions that can be best answered without reading the passage at all. If anything, reading the passage makes it more confusing.
@allyldh Yes! Could not have said it better. If you use the passage, you will just end up picking an answer that's supported by the passage which does not work in this case lol.
@allyldh I agree - I thought it was too easy to pick A just by reading the questions stem and answer choices; the others didn't seem to make sense at all when the question stem just describes access. Then I looked carefully through the passage again to see if there was something more directly connected to any of the ACs and came up blank. I was wondering if I was missing something in how to approach the question until the explanation video/text essentially says to eliminate any ACs that require an unsupported inference.
I eliminated A because I thought that the "access" being spoken about was the developing nation's access to the capability to air industrialized media. I didn't feel like there was any reason to assume that it was the individuals', within those nations, "access" being spoken about. I don't see anyway to have interpreted the question differently than I did, besides just being lucky.
If we are talking about the nation's access, then the fact that some air more industrialized media doesn't mean anything. My friend might spend a lot more time golfing than I do, but that doesn't mean we don't both have the same level of access to Top Golf.
I think it would be better to describe it as "the individuals', between those nations, access being spoken about." I'm not sure of advice on how to change how you interpret things, but a better comparison would be "if your friend spends more time golfing than you do, could it be because the Top Golf in their city is open more often than the Top Golf in your city?"
What confuses me is the phrase, "given the info in the passage." I can't see how this is relevant to A (or the others for that matter). We could answer this question without the information in the passage at all -it's just what the study shows (if you assume the existance of airtime = accessible). Accessibility appears nowhere in the passage. In the test, I would have got confused and probably just guessed at random.
What the flip was this, and is the curve forgiving on these questions... :( I kinda wish it was a You Try so that I could've had more ease with referring back to the passage.
When I first looked at A, I was confused because I didn't understand how airtime equated to understanding access. I read it as access to TV rather than generic access to imported. Because of this misreading, I opted for E even though I wasn't confident with it (but understood it more than A).
How does one assess 'access' in a stimulus like this? Couldn't access be broad enough to include the 'menu' of cultural programs offered in those countries but not necessarily the programs aired? When answering, I'm trying to poke holes and call out the 'what if,' so D seemed attractive bc it actually honed what is being presented to viewers.
But in order to answer D, we would need at least data on the how many people are watching during domestic shows vs during imported shows to even make an argument for either side. Airtime doesn't give any information about audience size.
For example, an imported show could be on for 8 hrs and no one watches it (b/c they are at work, or it's from 12am-8am, or no subs/dubs and they can't understand the show, etc) and a domestic show could be on for only 3 hours, but 80% of the population watches it (7pm-10pm golden time slots, deeply connected to their cultures and small talks for their work on the second day, etc).
Idk if this is correct, but this was my thought when I read D. Hope it helps a bit!
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I actually got this right! I'm gonna beat the LSAT right up
there was literally no reason to ask this in the reading comp. did not need any passage info for this.
ts is making me miss LR
@kaylancarlson felt
dude, most irrelevant question ever. what
go off comment section 🗣️
Definitely interpreted this question stem wrong. I wrongly assumed that information on the amount of airtime could be paired with information on the viewership and the cultural influence. Question stem is saying ONE STUDY, not paired with any other information, what can be answered.
Why do I care about the differences among those countries??? I thought the passage just made them all "developing nations"???
This question fired me up
maybe im having a bad day but i just really hated this passage in general
@Ssss No this passage absolutely SUCKED
I don't know why did I even think that tracking the number of audiences for each allotted airtime is possible
I still don’t thoroughly understand why I got this one incorrect. But I believe part of it was misinterpreting this part of the prompt: "given the information in the passage" - I took this to mean that I should look for an answer that aligns with what the author's main point/perspective is. When I believe what it means is: "only considering the facts provided by the passage" ????
@calliekoskovich yeah that's why i eliminated a. was not relevant to the questions asked. but i know if they worded the question stem better i wouldve easily gotten it. if you figure out why a is right given the question stem formatting lmk
This question has nothing to do with the reading lol
@MPFerrari Yeah fr
Slowly beginning to think some LSAT writers are just genuinely🦆ing evil
I think this is one of those questions that can be best answered without reading the passage at all. If anything, reading the passage makes it more confusing.
@allyldh Yes! Could not have said it better. If you use the passage, you will just end up picking an answer that's supported by the passage which does not work in this case lol.
@allyldh I agree - I thought it was too easy to pick A just by reading the questions stem and answer choices; the others didn't seem to make sense at all when the question stem just describes access. Then I looked carefully through the passage again to see if there was something more directly connected to any of the ACs and came up blank. I was wondering if I was missing something in how to approach the question until the explanation video/text essentially says to eliminate any ACs that require an unsupported inference.
Came to the comments to make me feel better bcomgwtfwt?
idk how i got this right but im starting to gain confidence and that is never good
@Vegaofcain Cortisol levels are reaching new highs.
I eliminated A because I thought that the "access" being spoken about was the developing nation's access to the capability to air industrialized media. I didn't feel like there was any reason to assume that it was the individuals', within those nations, "access" being spoken about. I don't see anyway to have interpreted the question differently than I did, besides just being lucky.
If we are talking about the nation's access, then the fact that some air more industrialized media doesn't mean anything. My friend might spend a lot more time golfing than I do, but that doesn't mean we don't both have the same level of access to Top Golf.
#help
I think it would be better to describe it as "the individuals', between those nations, access being spoken about." I'm not sure of advice on how to change how you interpret things, but a better comparison would be "if your friend spends more time golfing than you do, could it be because the Top Golf in their city is open more often than the Top Golf in your city?"
Thanks!
What confuses me is the phrase, "given the info in the passage." I can't see how this is relevant to A (or the others for that matter). We could answer this question without the information in the passage at all -it's just what the study shows (if you assume the existance of airtime = accessible). Accessibility appears nowhere in the passage. In the test, I would have got confused and probably just guessed at random.
same here
#help
^
What the flip was this, and is the curve forgiving on these questions... :( I kinda wish it was a You Try so that I could've had more ease with referring back to the passage.
When I first looked at A, I was confused because I didn't understand how airtime equated to understanding access. I read it as access to TV rather than generic access to imported. Because of this misreading, I opted for E even though I wasn't confident with it (but understood it more than A).
Bring back the science passages! At least they made me question my intelligence. I'm a sucker for punishment if you didn't know
LSAT test creators are PSYCHOmetricians
How does one assess 'access' in a stimulus like this? Couldn't access be broad enough to include the 'menu' of cultural programs offered in those countries but not necessarily the programs aired? When answering, I'm trying to poke holes and call out the 'what if,' so D seemed attractive bc it actually honed what is being presented to viewers.
But in order to answer D, we would need at least data on the how many people are watching during domestic shows vs during imported shows to even make an argument for either side. Airtime doesn't give any information about audience size.
For example, an imported show could be on for 8 hrs and no one watches it (b/c they are at work, or it's from 12am-8am, or no subs/dubs and they can't understand the show, etc) and a domestic show could be on for only 3 hours, but 80% of the population watches it (7pm-10pm golden time slots, deeply connected to their cultures and small talks for their work on the second day, etc).
Idk if this is correct, but this was my thought when I read D. Hope it helps a bit!
i was definitely between A and D and chose D, this one was trickyyy!
Let me see an LSAT writer out in public, we gonna need to talk about something
talk.... just talk...