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PT9.S4.Q22 - When butterfat was considered nutritiousThis is a weakening question and I was so lost. I ended up picking an answer choice that I was 90% certain was wrong just to be sure my eyes would go…
... to eat healthier diets; an additional benefit for manufacturers would not weaken the argument ... contributing factors does not weaken the author’s argument.
Answer ... eating imitation butter does nothing to weaken the claim that we should ... -
5 Section TestsIs there a way to take 5 section exams on 7sage?
... you want to take 5 sections?
I mean, there's an argument for ... taking more than you need to in order to improve ... you don't need to do 5. In addition to future tests being ... total, you don't want to burn through prep tests by ... -
Posting on Behalf of a 7Sage User: Is there any advice on Weakening questions?**[I am posting on behalf of a 7Sage user. Please feel free to leave your comments below. Thank you for your help!]** Is there any extra advice yo…
... job is to read a stimulus and choose an answer choice ... on the connection the argument is trying to make between the ... questions, the answer is to find the assumption they are ... an additional factor that they're not considering that would weaken the argument ... -
Queues you use to skip in LR?Hi all! I'm currently working on reviewing my timed practice sections and am noticing that I am really bad at getting sucked into time sink questions…
... require some serious thought to actually understand.
... I understand the argument enough to anticipate an answer choice? ... have the luxury to come back to this question, ... to forget about trying to skip only the 4/5 ... my time trying to force an answer choice, ... -
How to study logical reasoning effectively?Hello! As some of you may see my name again, you may remember my absolute freak out about LG. Well fear no more! I've consistently gotten down to …
... being my best section (-3 to 5), and RC being my worst ... -6 or 7, including a -5 on my last PT (PT85 ... been to clearly differentiate between context, premises, and the conclusion of an argument ... . When I first started to PT, I found ... -
PT6.S3.Q17 - Samples from the floor of a rock shelter...I picked C initially but I am confused as to why and how A is the correct answer and how that information could be deduced? **Admin Note: Edited …
... ago). So the skeptics offer an alternative explanation: the old ... So we are looking for an answer that makes the skeptics ... since our task is to weaken the skeptics argument this answer fails at ... human activity this does not **weaken** the Skeptics who are ... -
PT15.S2.Q21 -- Why is this question considered a strengthen question? The question gives you an initial claim as well as a principle to go with it. The stem asks for you to pick an AC that could be appropriately use…
... You are indeed trying to counter, or weaken a claim, namely ... at hand, aka strengthening an argument that will weaken another, I think ... did not, then according to the principle, the individual ... because it was beneficial to these powerful foreign companies. -
PT15.S3.Q23 - Asbestos is a silent killer (Still in need of second opinion!)Could a kind 7sager double-check my logic? After reading the argument, I thought it was well-supported. If it is in fact a poor argument, could someo…
... worse than others. So to strengthen our argument, we would say ... think you'd want to get rid of an inevitable health risk ... . You could likely force this to ... is to strengthen it.
> And does D weaken the argument ... -
PT15.S3.Q23 - Asbestos is a silent killer (Still in need of second opinion!)Could a kind 7sager double-check my logic? After reading the argument, I thought it was well-supported. If it is in fact a poor argument, could someo…
... worse than others. So to strengthen our argument, we would say ... think you'd want to get rid of an inevitable health risk ... . You could likely force this to ... > And does D weaken the argument because it provides a potential ... -
Personal Statement font size requirementsHi Everyone. I've just spent the last few weeks crafting my personal statement (with a 7sage editor) and have an essay I'm very proud of at 2 page…
... br />
There are ways to 'fudge' the fonts without breaking ... graphically minded v. trying to fog the boundaries.
to condense, change the number from ... to go over 0.2, but sometimes it's an ... you can do 11.5 pt, but that ... -
PT28.S3.Q11 - A rise in the percentage of all 18-year-olds who...Is this a correlation-causation argument because it assumes that the increase in high school dropouts is the only thing that is causing the increase …
... outs have nothing or little to do with the recruitment ... This answer choice doesn't weaken the premise-conclusion link for ... of graduates were recruited (compared to '80), and the high school ... answer choice A). It makes an argument that graduates make a higher ... -
PT28.S3.Q11 - A rise in the percentage of all 18-year-olds who...Is this a correlation-causation argument because it assumes that the increase in high school dropouts is the only thing that is causing the increase …
... This answer choice doesn't weaken the premise-conclusion link for ... of graduates were recruited (compared to '80), and the high ... answer choice A). It makes an argument that graduates make a higher ... percentage could still be due to high school dropouts
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Attacking sub-conclusions?In arguments, we're supposed to take premises as facts and question the conclusions. But intermediate conclusions are both used as premises (to suppo…
... you were trying to evaluate the validity of an argument? Is is ... acceptable to attack or challenge ... a sub-conclusion? Assume we have a weaken ... question-- would we ever see an instance of ... -
PT10.S1.Q19 - Need new perspective about answer choice (C)I'm a little confused about the relationship between the taxes and bus fare in this stimulus. In the first sentence, when it says bus fares are subsi…
... taxes would make them irrelevant to the argument
> < ... that would disadvantage them would weaken the argument.
> < ... taxes would make them irrelevant to the argument
> < ... provides an additional consideration, aka they want to make ... -
PT28.S3.Q11 - A rise in the percentage of all 18-year-olds who...Is this a correlation-causation argument because it assumes that the increase in high school dropouts is the only thing that is causing the increase …
... recruits compared to drop-outs, it weakens the argument that drop ... in number is equal to an increase/decrease in percentage ... This answer choice doesn't weaken the premise-conclusion link for ... choice A). It makes an argument that graduates make a higher ... -
High 160's Brick WallTo start, I have been studying approximately 4 months. I started with a 154 diagnostic last August but only studied the month of December 2020 and si…
... weeks and would love to be able to score a 168+ on ... time understanding the form of an argument, when it's slightly different ... (for each section): -2 to -5
and RC: -5
I ... 've been putting my time into trying to ... -
How do you ace the really difficult LR questions?So I'm trying to improve on my LR and I usually have the most trouble with the most difficult LR questions (4 or 5 stars). A common question type her…
... by any chance? Keeping an answer journal is extremely ... stimulus/misread something, aim to do stimulus translation drills. ... answer choices, try to do drills to identify any unwarranted ... that wants you to strengthen/weaken hypothesis, argument by analogy, common ... -
How do you ace the really difficult LR questions?So I'm trying to improve on my LR and I usually have the most trouble with the most difficult LR questions (4 or 5 stars). A common question type her…
... by any chance? Keeping an answer journal is extremely useful ... answer choices, try to do drills to identify any unwarranted ... question that wants you to strengthen/weaken hypothesis, argument by analogy, common ... go ham on strengthen/weaken/flaw questions in the ... -
PT10.S1.Q19 - Need new perspective about answer choice (C)I'm a little confused about the relationship between the taxes and bus fare in this stimulus. In the first sentence, when it says bus fares are subsi…
... ? And how many is "many"? 5? 20?
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& ... aside from other flaws specific to those choices, is it also ... too weak to have much of an impact on the argument?
to mind the argument around the healthcare individual ... -
balancing work/study..Those of you who have managed to study while working full time.. how long did it take you to reach your dream score? any tips/advice on time manageme…
... Reasoning tests your ability to figure out why an argument is bad. Rather ... on just 5 questions and really sitting on how to break down ... premises? What assumptions is this argument making? Why is this ... out the correct way to consistently get to the same answer ... -
What is the usual RC advice?I am now scoring about -3 on LR, -2 on LG, but -7 on RC. I'm lost. So what is the traditional, maybe cliche advice that can help me with reading abov…
... **
1. **Talk to yourself and be interested about ... author on one side of an argument and the researchers on the ... calls this "the scale").
5. **Structure**. This is super ... get a reasonable score. To get to the highest echelon required ... -
PT64.S1.Q17 - The mosaics removed from Zeugma?I didn't understand the explanation for the right/wrong answer choices on this one at all. Can anyone help? I initially chose (C) on my PT and I stil…
... type. We are looking for an answer choice that will guarantee ... /> A. This answer is close to an NA answer but NA answers ... only reasons, it would weaken the argument by showing that they cannot ... return the item to the spot ... -
Help!! Need some advice for October test takerHi ya'll, I have been studying LSAT for about a year. I have taken the exam three times. I started off with 132, and brought score up to 143 on the s…
... the morning and an LG section at night to practice, you ... day. I would do an LR section, and for ... .e. I got 2 Weaken questions wrong), I would make ... with double the amount of Weaken questions I got wrong ... my score go from -5 consistently to 0 to -3 per section, ... -
PT22.S4.Q13 "causal claim" vs. "if then" statementHey guys, How can we tell the difference between a causal assertion and a “if then” statement? I chose D by intuition, but I did struggle for …
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**Prephrase**: [it's an assumption argument, what is missing here? How ... poses a threat to safe driving" could be an if/then ... looking for an answer choice that links the premises to the ... sounds like you are trying to weaken something (the idea that ... -
PT83.S1.Q18 - Contesting Standard committee lawgicI'm disagreeing with how JY did this because we can't use common sense in MBT nor make up assumptions because we think it makes sense to us. MSS is f…
... ? Because what if it lasts 5 minutes the assembly.
< ... by "what if it lasts 5 minutes the assembly" you mean ... 6".
You have to accept statements in the stimulus ... br />
Soundness is when an argument is logically valid and factually ... -
PT83.S1.Q18 - Contesting Standard committee lawgicI'm disagreeing with how JY did this because we can't use common sense in MBT nor make up assumptions because we think it makes sense to us. MSS is f…
... response on why it's 5 minutes one then the ... />
>Soundness is when an argument is logically valid and factually ... />
A deductive argument is said to be valid if and ... false. Otherwise, a deductive argument is said to be invalid.
Has anyone gotten PT92-LR Q10, 17, 19 right?I’ve attempted each of these questions twice and chose the same answers each time around, B/B/A respectively. Can someone explain to me why these ans…
... dentist cites as evidence 5 studies showing that tooth ... dentist's argument holds. However, his argument was about the ... making this argument, and someone speaking out to say " Wait ... To weaken this, we would need to attack the support structure of the argument ...What made LR click for you? struggling.I take the November test and I'm still missing -12 to -15 on every LR section.
... importantly: WHY it makes the argument flawed. The vast majority ... s wrong with an argument whether it's flaw, strengthen, weaken, NA, SA ... , PSA. If you can read an argument and know ... . Was consistently getting down to -0/-1 this way.What made LR click for you? struggling.I take the November test and I'm still missing -12 to -15 on every LR section.
... 's wrong with an argument whether it's flaw, strengthen, weaken, NA, SA ... , PSA. If you can read an argument and know ... down to -0/-1 this way.
This is an interesting ... this if it has proved to work for multiple peopleWhat made LR click for you? struggling.I take the November test and I'm still missing -12 to -15 on every LR section.
... 's wrong with an argument whether it's flaw, strengthen, weaken, NA, SA ... unstoppable. Was consistently getting down to -0/-1 this way.
to work for multiple people
to have an awareness of any of these ...
