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About ideal experiments, control groups, and causationI am doing some of the recent PTs and find myself struggle with the relationship among ideal experiment, control groups and causation. (eg: May2020 L…
... ideal experiment, control groups and causation. (eg: May2020 LR Q11, Q14 ... outcome, but I still tend to make mistakes on questions testing ... material that I could read to better understand those concepts on ... -
Flaw Types with Example Questions - Redux 2021 Pandemic Cycle VersionReviving this excellent resource so we can add to it and keep it alive. Credit to @alyhobbs and the 3 years ago crew. Hope you all are killing it whe…
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**5) Causation confusions**
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PT91.S2.Q22 - researchers claim that people tend to gesture lessWhy C is the the right choice? Context: Some researchers claim that people tend to gesture less when they articulate what would typically be regar…
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Conclusion: To point out that such a correlation is far from ... universal is insufficient reason to reject ... -
PT58.S1.Q11 & PT62.S4.Q19: Anybody willing to lend a helping hand?I honestly didn't see the flaw when I first did this question and am wondering how people who did see the issue manage to go about solving these ques…
... did see the issue manage to go about solving these questions ... because you have an imperfect correlation doesn't mean there is ... , I narrowed it down to A and B and was ... unable to tell the two answers apart ... so there's no need to put the links here, ... -
Causation and Phenomenon Hypothesis Questions ConfusionI am genuinely so lost when it comes to this section, and I don't really want to move on until I am sure I have a better grasp. Can anyone help me wh…
... so lost when it comes to this section, and I don ... 't really want to move on until I ... help me when it comes to what these questions are even ... how do I differentiate a causation question from a basic weakening ... figure out it is a causation question, how do I ... -
Strengthening and weakening causation argumentsFor arguments that falsely conclude causation from correlation, can you strengthen the argument through an answer choice that demonstrates that the s…
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PT5.S1.Q10 - Auto industry executive: Statistics show that cars...Hello, I'm confused on how to approach this weakening question. My understanding of the auto industry executive's argument: The auto industry…
... I'm confused on how to approach this weakening question. My ... executive is making a poor correlation-causation argument between building cars ... fuel efficient WITHOUT having to alter the size of ... that the guidelines would have to adopt previous standards that ... -
PT F97.S1.Q14 - I am confused here as to why AC E does not workPrepTest February 1997 - Section 1 - Question 14 - AC E #help I am confused here as to why AC E does not work. Although I have my own reasons, I a…
... collisions at place that used to require headlights only when ... was poor which then switched to having headlights mandatory at ... makes it mandatory for headlights to be on regardless of ... instead is simply case of correlation between safe drivers and headlight ... -
PT17 S3 Q12 - ad's effect on cigarette smokersHey! I am having trouble understanding why A is incorrect. I do see how and why D works but I can't understand why A doesn't. Here, we are given …
... smoking. From the correlation, we get a causation that the ad is ... explanation.
Coming to AC A which says that ... happened because people switched over to other forms of tobacco ... smokers. (Cause: people switched to other forms of tobacco; effect ... -
Causation ,condition, premise and conclusionAfter going through all the courses in 7sage, I found myself still confused about causation and conditional logical, especially how to know the relat…
... are correlation-causation, and phenomenon-hypothesis (although I think correlation-causation types ... of what is means to correlate, and what it ... assumption, LSAT will ask you to strengthen, weaken, identify the ... that an incident related to another must be the ... -
Weaken Question Cheat SheetAfter finishing both lessons on Weaken Question I finished feeling overwhelmed by the amount of strategies to attack a Weaken question. We have three…
... to each category.
(1) Causation: almost always flawed due to correlation -> causation ... (A corr B, therefore A cause B). So in order to ... hypothesis). So in order to weaken..
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Defining a causal relationshipPrior to the LSAT I've never really considered why A causes B. I'm very unsure of my definition of a causal relationship and would like to put it out…
... an explanation of causation, I would try to stay away from ... extremely hard to prove causation, and even harder to prove it ... will be to specifically to show how this causation doesn't ... there is a possible correlation. But no, causation proved. An alternative ... -
Defining a causal relationshipPrior to the LSAT I've never really considered why A causes B. I'm very unsure of my definition of a causal relationship and would like to put it out…
... enough to prove causation. But there is evidence of a very high correlation ... time you increase the correlation, your argument of causation strengthens.
correlation, the stronger your claim of causation becomes.
Most vulnerable to criticism, in need of solidifyingThis is one of the last LR type im having issues with and need some guidance. I see this stem, read the stimulus and see five answer choices that sa…
... as strongly. Try not to think of all 'flaw' ... categories (for instance, inferring causation from correlation, or inferring B-> ... In this sense, vulnerable to criticism questions are indeed quite ... similar to weakening questions, as lsatisland ...Valid Causality - Does it Exist (on LSAT)?Subject says it all. I am hypersensitive to noting that several events occurring together is always correlative (yet often mistakenly construed by au…
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/Causation-->/Correlation ... question that you're referencing to? If so, can you post ...Help With "Making Assumptions" For Weakening/StrengtheningSo JY always predicts a assumption that closes the gap between the premises and conclusion, and its magically in the answer choices. For those of us …
... premises don't NECESSARILY lead to the conclusion, then you need ... two different things. You need to see the assumption. But you ... likely aren't going to predict the answer word- ... in the argument is that correlation ----> causation, the correct answer can ...Cheat Sheet - LR question typesFor LR reasoning is there a cheat sheet out there that summarizes all the strategies by question type?
... given a correlation you cannot assume causation, but causation DOES imply correlation
correlation or coincidence and then the argument proceeds to assume causation or concludes causation ...Increasing LR scoresLogical reasoning is absolutely destroying my LSAT scores- i'm only getting like 60-70% of the questions correct. Im having trouble with FLAW, MSS in…
... by writing it down next to it, why the answer choice ... point you should be able to determine which answer is correct ... /-4 now. Take the time to understand the questions, speed will ... able to pre-phrasing. Being able to say this is a correlation causation error ...How to improve on strengthen questions on LRI suck at weaken questions too, but I suck even more at strengthen questions. One of the problems is, I tend to try to focus on the error in the p…
I noticed a lot of strengthening and weakening arguments have a lot to do with correlation/causation assumptionstrouble with weakening and flaw questionsI've reviewed JY's videos, but I'm having issues. On the most recent tests I've done, I'm getting ~55% of these questions. On the weakening, I'm tryi…
... each one. In addition to that, going through the ... ., attacking the source, part to whole, correlation-causation, etc.). The other headings ... I didn't have to flip back to the exam).
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I also attempted to categorize weaken questions in there ...LSAT as a poor predictor addendaMy pre law advisor said to submit an addenda explaining that my LSAT is a poor predictor of my future promise at law school. I am applying this cycle…
Correlation is not causation. The LSAT is ... so forth.
To the original poster: A 159 ... academic careers up to that point, and to that I ... reasoning capabilities are up to snuff. Not everyone who ... spent your time trying to convince law schools that ...Causation - CorrelationHey guys! I've been meaning to ask if anyone could help me better understand this concept. I think I understand it but when I'm under timed condit…
... but ya) causation, and doesn't have the correlation/causation flaw (tho ... gap and how to block/fill it) a causation/correlation AC is def ... a possible answer to look for ... answer you may want to keep causation in your head bc ...LR Study Guides ThreadI was wondering if we could upload our study guides in this post for those taking the June and upcoming LSATs can always come back to this.
... To: Four Possibilities
Remember: Does NOT Imply Causation
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Argument proceeds to assume causation or concludes causation
*Correlation check (3)
How to handle morning before test?Any ideas about how to keep it together for the 2-4 hours before the 12 pm test? With the 8 am test - you just get up and go - but I'm a bit worried …
... algorithms is a fantastic way to relieve stress. Lol. I totally ... zero deductions. Would be sweet to repeat with LSAT. Though you ... dissimilarity, analogy doesn't hold, correlation =/= causation :-PTo those scoring high in RCDo you read for specific details? Or do you just vaguely remember where details they are? I'm trying to cut down on my time in RC, but I'm having a p…
... and then attribute their improvement to whatever strategy they implemented most ... recently or happen to be using at the time ... my earlier comment.. It could causation or it could be only correlation.CausationI have watched this lesson at least five times. I tried to do the questions but I can't weaken the argument. I don't know how to apply the Causatio…
... argument is using causation. a and b (a correlation), therefore a causes ... conclusion to help you. But once you identify the argument as causation ... the right answer. Sometimes - to make it easy for me ... stimulus and compare that to AC's to help me find something ...LSAT Study Guide -- PrimerHey guys! I made a study guide on Quizlet with LR question types (like Mike suggested) that I wanted to share/ get feedback on (particularly with res…
... -- To operate, remember: SC -- SE, NC -- NE, reverse causation, ... alt. causes
2) Evidence
-- To operate, you have to ... correlation and not causation (drug is correlated to ... --> NE, reverse causation, existence of alt causes ...Do "Parallel" credited responses not consider "some," "many," "most," et cetera?I've been missing many "Parallel" (both flaw and not) because of, say, a credited response containing "most" while the passage does not. Am I to gene…
... that the flaw is a correlation-causation fallacy (or false cause, whatever ... you want to call it), which is only ... relevant. But it only refers to the quantity of opinion givers ...PT22.S2.Q07 - newsletter for community-center volunteerscan someone please go through this with me? http://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-22-section-2-question-07/
... persons who volunteered their time to help others displayed fewer ... She’s concluded a causation from a mere correlation. We know that ... , and functioning are more able to work as volunteers.”
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C)This is trying to bait you into attacking the ...Does "A causes B" equal to A -->B?Hi, guys, I am confused with the relationship between "causation" and conditional logic. Could anyone give me some help? According to the lessons, it…
... avoid using it to try to find flaws in causation. I would go ... . You're most likely to encounter causation on flaw/strengthen/weaken questions ... for this is correlation/causation, and they also like to go for the ...
