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I just scored a 156 on PT127. Inital PT was a 152 on 12/23/25. Less than a month in and I'm motivated! Wanting to be in the 160s!
Kevin'sMinion
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Goal score: 165
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2027
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Kevin'sMinion
6 days ago
PD James is actually a pretty solid writer. Give An Unsuitable Job For A Woman a read. The book hooks you in within the first chapter. I've been a fan ever since!
Kevin'sMinion
Wednesday, Feb 18
Researchers did this to me when I was a toddler. That's why I got this question right.
Kevin'sMinion
Monday, Feb 16
I actually created the adjustable workstation for LSAT studiers. It was patented prior to these two companies' products. As such, they must have stolen my idea.
Kevin'sMinion
Edited Saturday, Feb 07
You know what would be a great idea? When you are doing drills or reviewing preptests and just finished watching a video explanation (from my King Kevin), sometimes you want to do questions that are similar to the question that you got wrong on the preptest. So maybe have a function that allows you to pull 2 questions of equal difficulty and of the same tag to the quetion that you got wrong. So you can do a practice question using the skills that you just learned while in the PrepTest review. It could be called something like Instant Recall and would be a button next to Discussion.
Kevin'sMinion
Friday, Jan 23
Restate the stimulus in plain language
Economist’s argument:
Some media critics say: Negative news about the overall economy → people lose confidence in the economy → they spend less → economy is harmed.
Economist responds: Studies show that spending trends correlate closely with people’s confidence in their own immediate economic situations, not with their views about the overall economy.
Conclusion: Therefore, the critics are mistaken—negative news about the overall economy does not harm the economy in the way they claim.
So the economist is trying to refute the critics.
2. What is the critics’ causal story?
The critics’ chain is:
Negative media reports about the overall economy
→ lower confidence in the overall economy
→ lower willingness to spend
→ harm to the economy
So their key idea:
Media → confidence (overall economy) → spending → economy harmed.
3. What is the economist’s counter?
The economist says:
Studies show: Spending trends correlate with confidence in one’s own immediate economic situation, not with confidence in the overall economy.
Then concludes:
So the critics are wrong—negative news about the overall economy doesn’t harm the economy via confidence and spending.
4. Where is the flaw?
The economist is assuming:
If spending correlates with confidence in one’s own situation, then confidence in the overall economy is irrelevant.
But that’s not necessarily true.
There might be a link:
Negative news → people feel bad about the overall economy
That might make them feel bad about their own situation
That, in turn, affects spending.
So even if spending tracks own-situation confidence, media reports about the overall economy could still influence that own-situation confidence.
In other words:
The economist fails to consider that:
Confidence in the overall economy might affect confidence in one’s own immediate situation.
If that’s true, then the critics’ mechanism could still work, and the economist’s “refutation” fails.
That’s exactly what answer choice D gives you.
If I upvote your explanations, can I be in the next drawing? Please ;)