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PT17.S3.Q20 - in order to succeedHi all, I am quite puzzled by the answer to this question altogether. The answer to this is answer choice A (circular reasoning of the first sente…
... understanding your explanation correctly, the argument structure is one of premise ... />
Therefore, the circular reasoning flaw occurs **not** when the subconclusion ... as a premise in the argument... Still a bit confused. Any ... -
PT20.S1.Q15 - a report of a government surveyHi all, I have a question on answer choice C. I understand the flaw of the survey: how it fails to distinguish the residents who dropped out in …
... not understand the flaw. I looked at the flaw here as two ... room for error. The second flaw I read here was that ... different variation on what the argument ignored. (C) claims that the ... most satisfying answer to the flaw question here but nevertheless, it ... -
PT34.S2.Q09 - a university study reportedI am having difficulty seeing why the correct answer in this question is D. The argument shows that two methods of investigation yielded different r…
... The argument in this question is basically committing the given flaw:
flaw in examining machines which ... Likely, the author in this argument is overlooking the possibility that ... irrelvant
(B) No such flaw
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PT45.S1.Q12 - biologists have noted reproductive abnormalitiesI am having a problem seeing how a/c C WEAKENS. To me it looks like it is strengthening the argument. Maybe I am just misunderstanding how the ar…
... seen descriptive flaw questions whose correct answers say that the argument has ... failed to consider X. This argument is failing to consider a ... NOT a vacuum. And this argument is essentially holding all other ... -
PT45.S1.Q12 - biologists have noted reproductive abnormalitiesI am having a problem seeing how a/c C WEAKENS. To me it looks like it is strengthening the argument. Maybe I am just misunderstanding how the ar…
... whole second leg of your argument is not applicable to the ... you're saying the main flaw here is that just because ... -
CorrelationI know how to strengthen and weaken correlation within a stimulus. However, my problem is that while under timed conditions, I somehow miss the corre…
... of that information within an argument. Don't forget that ... ) or a correlation/causation argument will already be presented to ... the habit of identifying the argument structure asap when you ... questions to practice with:
Flaw: PT49,S2,Q13; PT49, ... -
Anticipating Correct Answer ChoicesHello 7 Sagers - I'm in the post-CC stage preparing for the June '17 test, and I'm almost averaging my goal BR score, which is encouraging. I have a …
... us about THE main logical flaw (most obvious) of a stimulus ... of them do anything. For flaw questions though, I think the ... number of NA's an argument can make, for example, approaches ... -
Anticipating Correct Answer ChoicesHello 7 Sagers - I'm in the post-CC stage preparing for the June '17 test, and I'm almost averaging my goal BR score, which is encouraging. I have a …
... anticipating more concretely for Flaw Questions. If you can ... 't articulate any flaw, I'd recommend moving ... describe a flaw that isn't in the argument or ... something that the argument IS doing ... but is not in itself a flaw. ... -
PT20.S1.Q14 - yolanda: gaining access to computers Why is the correct answer C? I did watch JY's video, but still not sure why B is wrong. Here's my reasoning: Yolanda’s conclusion: Joyriding is…
... I think the Arjun’s flaw is that what’s absolute ... ; Yolanda’s making a comparison argument (joyriding is MORE dangerous) but ... a look at Yolanda's argument. when she compares computer crimes ... that affect! That's the flaw!
So answer choice ... -
Beliefs v. FactsI've only come across this type of flaw a few times, but I'd like to understand the structure behind it. The explanation and example offered in the c…
... sure this will be a flaw in some of the more ... argument on first read.
Maybe they should call this flaw ... to strengthen or weaken an argument like this?
Strengthen ... -
Beliefs v. FactsI've only come across this type of flaw a few times, but I'd like to understand the structure behind it. The explanation and example offered in the c…
... sure this will be a flaw in some of the more ... looks like a completely legitimate argument on first read.
& ... Maybe they should call this flaw something different. It's really ... order to strengthen the argument. And the argument is the premise + ... -
PT48.S4.Q17 - a large amount of rainfallHi. Just having trouble distinguishing answer C from D in this question. I think D is wrong only because it is plural. Can someone please confirm? I …
... a different flaw, which is why it is wrong. The argument of ... D to be right the argument would have to say something ... -
PT48.S4.Q17 - a large amount of rainfallHi. Just having trouble distinguishing answer C from D in this question. I think D is wrong only because it is plural. Can someone please confirm? I …
... that must hold for this argument to be true is that ... /> **D is wrong because** the flaw D describes would mean the ... flaw in the stimulus _takes for ... not descriptively accurate of the flaw in the stimulus**.
Beliefs v. FactsI've only come across this type of flaw a few times, but I'd like to understand the structure behind it. The explanation and example offered in the c…
... sure this will be a flaw in some of the more ... looks like a completely legitimate argument on first read.
> ... ; Maybe they should call this flaw something different. It's really ... to strengthen or weaken an argument like this?
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LR Section FrameworkI find that the LR section tests four fundamental aspects: I. Our ability to make inferences Which it tests through Most Strongly Supported, Mus…
... and Flaw questions all test your ability to recognize argument types ... the most prevalent form of argument on LSAT is correlation- ... /sufficient assumption, draw a parallel argument etc for it.
... to start seeing the different argument types and once you ...What Exactly is an Intensive?I see them mentioned on here a lot, but, aside from @"Cant Get Right"'s webinars, I rarely see them discussed or practiced much. Could someone explai…
... focus on specific LR Qtype/Flaw drills
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... 't figure out what the argument is talking about. Maybe you ... answer choices. These are very common issues that cost test takers ...LR - Where to go from here?Hey 7sagers! I am wondering if anyone can provide me with some advice on where to go from here in LR... LR might be my worst section and I am havi…
... be that there is a common thread between those questions that ... concept like valid and invalid argument forms. It could be many ...PT57.S3.Q15 - medical ethicist: assuming there isI do not understand why, "'it is never acceptable to offer experimental treatments to patients who experience no extreme symptoms of the the relevant…
... subtle, a lot of the argument hinges on this word. It ... . But the issue is the argument doesn’t conclude this. It ... is a sufficiency necessity flaw. The argument is negating the sufficient and ...Stuck in the mid 160's... again. RC help needed!So I've been studying for the LSAT for a year and some change now. Finally decided to sign-up for 7Sage in December. I was averaging around 165…
... explanations for flaw questions. (Here's a flaw intensive webinar ... interested https://7sage.com/webinar/flaw-intensive/ )
... point) the authors tone and argument structure of each paragraph. < ... need to find a parallel argument for.
8. ...PT54.S4.Q9 - the jacksons regularly receive wrong-number callshttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-54-section-4-question-09/ I've spent about 2 hrs dissecting this question and I just DO NOT understand it. …
... the first part of the argument would read: Sara would find ... we were expecting - a pretty common trick the writers use.
PT55.S3.Q24 - it is popularly believed thatCan someone please confirm that I have this chain correct? I became confused with the "cannot" in the first premise. Now I'm presuming "cannot" is mo…
... that NA bridging is very common when there is ONLY one ... . A necessary assumption to this argument could have also been something ...Does anyone else think that the recent PT LR Qs punish prephrases?Ok, I might be exaggerating when I say "punish prephrases," but I noticed that the prephrases, especially for the flaw/ assumption type questions, do…
... different from strengthening/ weakening the argument?
If I weaken the ... argument, wouldn't it naturally weaken ... 't articulate a specific flaw in the flaw question. Wondering if I ...Does anyone else think that the recent PT LR Qs punish prephrases?Ok, I might be exaggerating when I say "punish prephrases," but I noticed that the prephrases, especially for the flaw/ assumption type questions, do…
... different from strengthening/ weakening the argument?
> If ... articulate a specific flaw in the flaw question. Wondering if ... "B" addresses the argument -An argument is not just the ... we weaken/strengthen an argument we naturally weaken/strengthen ...PT53.S1.Q18 - when a salesperson is successfulHello- Hoping for some insight on question 18. When I first began my LSAT studying journey, I found flaw questions to be very straight forward. Th…
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Think of this parallel argument
Any fox that ... it through winter. It's common sense that a fox could ... and the geese. Is that argument flawed because some foxes are ...Does anyone else think that the recent PT LR Qs punish prephrases?Ok, I might be exaggerating when I say "punish prephrases," but I noticed that the prephrases, especially for the flaw/ assumption type questions, do…
... conclusion. It's irrelevant to argument and the conclusion as a ... . Only B would weaken the argument and weaken the conclusion. This ... between weakened conclusion and weakened flaw.
Anyone else wants ...Does anyone else think that the recent PT LR Qs punish prephrases?Ok, I might be exaggerating when I say "punish prephrases," but I noticed that the prephrases, especially for the flaw/ assumption type questions, do…
... the conclusion but not the argument.
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> ... between weakened conclusion and weakened flaw.
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I ... between nouns and see the argument behind them and not pre ...Does anyone else think that the recent PT LR Qs punish prephrases?Ok, I might be exaggerating when I say "punish prephrases," but I noticed that the prephrases, especially for the flaw/ assumption type questions, do…
... conclusion strengthened does not mean argument strengthened (and also conclusion weakened ... /= argument weakened).
PT 29. ... B and that described the flaw exactly.
@"Cant Get ...Need help overcoming a slumpToday is pretty weird. I am usually quite positive and optimistic when studying the LSAT, but today I'm fraught with anxiety and sheer frustration. I…
... this way, the flaw or gap in the argument is this). Essentially ...PT21.S2.Q25 - statistician: changes in the sun's luminocityI got this wrong because while I did see the author was appealing to authority, I thought it was reasonable to assume that if the author says what an…
... Remember with this question the flaw the test writers are after ... is the flaw within the meteorologist’s ... the statistician’s argument. The statistician makes an argument you are ... our two pronged test for flaw questions is “factually accurate.” ...
