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.
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 I don't get is how A relates to the "given the information in the passage" aspect of the question stem. It is completely irrelevant to the passage as far as I can tell. It's basically just an LR question tossed in. In fact, reading the passage would make this question significantly more difficult to answer. Just reading the question stem itself makes the answer obvious.
Kevin said above, and I also thought this, that it appears the passage is more like a context to understand the information. Imagine if we didn't read the passage and tried to answer this question; we'd be unfamiliar with the topic the question is asking about. So I guess when it says "given the information in the passage", it's not asking you to make a specific inference from the passage.
this question and correct answer choice makes no sense to me because it barely relates to the passage. I don't understand where the author talks about access to imported cultural productions among developing nations? how do you relate answer choice A to what is mentioned in the passage?
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 took this PT before I started using 7Sage and this question kicked my ass. It was so out of left field that I was totally thrown off and couldn't parse any of the information.
when answering this question before the vid, i glanced through the answers and crossed out A. Then after reading B, C, D, E, and thinking "huh those are kind of a stretch, needs a bunch of assumptions to go from the data provided in the study to this conclusion", it finally dawned on me that A, while unrelated to the passage, is the only question that can actually be answered. Tricky LSAT ;)
Me too. Option A seemed right, but I couldn't remember anything like it in the passage. This feels like an LR question, since you don't need to read the passage to answer it correctly.
@amberrju It doesn't, really. The question stem is introducing a new idea, 'air time', that the passage doesn't offer any information on. Therefore, we can't really connect any ideas/inferences/etc from the passage to a supported answer choice. I think the question is testing us on whether or not we can ID connections between the passage and the study proposed in this question - and from my understanding, that connection is a big ol zero.
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 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?"
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Let me see an LSAT writer out in public, we gonna need to talk about something
talk.... just talk...
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 miss all of the comments where did everyone go 😭
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
ts is making me miss LR
@kaylancarlson felt
Came to the comments to make me feel better bcomgwtfwt?
maybe im having a bad day but i just really hated this passage in general
@Ssss No this passage absolutely SUCKED
sooooo... we didn't even need the passage to answer this question right? tricky!
Right?! Can we please acknowledge this.
Right??? doesnt make any sense. has nothing to do with the info in the passage.
idk how i got this right but im starting to gain confidence and that is never good
@Vegaofcain Cortisol levels are reaching new highs.
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
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What I don't get is how A relates to the "given the information in the passage" aspect of the question stem. It is completely irrelevant to the passage as far as I can tell. It's basically just an LR question tossed in. In fact, reading the passage would make this question significantly more difficult to answer. Just reading the question stem itself makes the answer obvious.
Kevin said above, and I also thought this, that it appears the passage is more like a context to understand the information. Imagine if we didn't read the passage and tried to answer this question; we'd be unfamiliar with the topic the question is asking about. So I guess when it says "given the information in the passage", it's not asking you to make a specific inference from the passage.
exactly ...
this question and correct answer choice makes no sense to me because it barely relates to the passage. I don't understand where the author talks about access to imported cultural productions among developing nations? how do you relate answer choice A to what is mentioned in the passage?
dude, most irrelevant question ever. what
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
LSAT test creators are PSYCHOmetricians
I took this PT before I started using 7Sage and this question kicked my ass. It was so out of left field that I was totally thrown off and couldn't parse any of the information.
there was literally no reason to ask this in the reading comp. did not need any passage info for this.
Tbh I didn't understand the passage enough for me to get this question right and I accept that.
Samee you're not alone T-T
when answering this question before the vid, i glanced through the answers and crossed out A. Then after reading B, C, D, E, and thinking "huh those are kind of a stretch, needs a bunch of assumptions to go from the data provided in the study to this conclusion", it finally dawned on me that A, while unrelated to the passage, is the only question that can actually be answered. Tricky LSAT ;)
Me too. Option A seemed right, but I couldn't remember anything like it in the passage. This feels like an LR question, since you don't need to read the passage to answer it correctly.
i can see how answer A is a question that this study would answer, but how does the info in the passage play into this at all?
@amberrju It doesn't, really. The question stem is introducing a new idea, 'air time', that the passage doesn't offer any information on. Therefore, we can't really connect any ideas/inferences/etc from the passage to a supported answer choice. I think the question is testing us on whether or not we can ID connections between the passage and the study proposed in this question - and from my understanding, that connection is a big ol zero.
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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.
This question fired me up
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!