Wow this passage set me back a few months

Vanessa’s principle: CHECK. Jo’s principle: NEGATIVE. Yolanda is the most productive programmer, so Jo would say she should be allowed to work alone.

@roshellekumar853 Thank you for simplifying the stimulus. Super helpful!

I was confused at first in terms of the word 'competent' being used in answer choice A. However, after reading all the other answer choices, A was in fact the best answer to pick. The whole stimulus is a character attack on R and the author of the book review doesn't show us that R is scientifically incompetent.

Hi, fellow ADHD student here! If you are medicated, stay on top of your medication routine, especially if it helps you focus. I also recommend studying with zero distractions. I hide my phone or make sure I turn off notifications until I am done studying. I take breaks in between such as walking around my neighborhood. For RC, I would read books or articles and make sure I was building my stamina for sitting and reading over long periods of time. I also would switch up where I would study. Some days in my room, some days in the living room, some days outside. It helps kind of with the 'boredom' aspect of my brain and my fear of falling into a routine. Personally helps with helping keeping the brain active. Hope this helps.

Why the other answer choices aren't correct:

• (A) Statistics obscure individual characteristics.

  • This explains why statistics are less interesting, not why people's beliefs are still accurate.

• (C) Emotional anecdotes change beliefs more.

  • Misleading anecdotes would distort beliefs even more.

• (D) Statistics are easier to understand when illustrated by anecdotes.

  • The passage already says people rarely pay attention to statistics, so this doesn't explain why beliefs are accurate.

• (E) People base beliefs on emotions.

  • Again, this would make misleading anecdotes more influential, not less.

Over-thought this one for sure. Looked at A and my brain told me it was the right answer, but it felt "too easy."

Hi! Current average is in the high 150s, highest I ever got was a 164. Highly interested. The questions I am struggling with are causal reasoning, phenomena hypothesis, conditional reasoning, and flaw/descriptive weakening. I am in PST and am very serious about increasing my score. Thanks!

I haven't taken the LSAT but I am down for this if you're okay with someone who hasn't taken it yet

This question at first was very confusing to me until I read each answer choice carefully. I chose B because 1. It did not specify the species that was being referenced, and 2. "...presence of sunspot activity and its absence," which was the key phrase that made me choose this answer. We are looking for an answer choice that does not support the zoologist's reasoning. If something can occur with or without the presence of sunspot activity, then it would be an alternative explanation for the hare population changes, which does not support the zoologist's reasoning. Hence, why B is the correct answer.

Thank you for these videos. They are honestly making so much sense and really helping me break down the question/obtaining strategies for each question type.