When stats are a premise

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• LivinLaVidaLSAT Alum Member

  August 2020 711 karma

  Can you reference a specific question?
• SSBM1000 Member

  August 2020 edited August 2020 614 karma

  Warning! Don't read any more if you don't want a question from a 36+ preptest spoiled!

  Here's a link to a sufficient assumption question with the statistic being correct as the correct answer choice.

  https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-36-section-1-question-18
• qwerty1234 Member

  September 2020 8 karma

  That question is different because the stimulus already included the phrase "if the stats are correct," so it wouldn't be merely affirming a premise to say "the stats are correct."

  I can't remember my question but it was similar to this:

  Restaurant owner: having too many ovens can confuse our staff, causing them to be slower. We have 10 ovens. A competitor across the street has five ovens and his staff are faster than ours. Therefore we have too many ovens.

  SA question.

  (A) The statistics quoted by the restaurant owner are correct.
• SSBM1000 Member

  September 2020 edited September 2020 614 karma

  @qwerty1234 said:
  That question is different because the stimulus already included the phrase "if the stats are correct," so it wouldn't be merely affirming a premise to say "the stats are correct."

  I can't remember my question but it was similar to this:

  Restaurant owner: having too many ovens can confuse our staff, causing them to be slower. We have 10 ovens. A competitor across the street has five ovens and his staff are faster than ours. Therefore we have too many ovens.

  SA question.

  (A) The statistics quoted by the restaurant owner are correct.

  It's difficult to say for sure, as I'd have to see the question. Do you at least remember the preptest number range of the question? For example, was it in the 20s? I can't remember any other questions except for the one I listed, so I would like to see the one you were talking about.