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LR approachHoping someone has some advice on this for me. When JY goes over strengthen/weaken questions on LR, he identifies the conclusion and looks for an ans…
... a million different ways to Strengthen/Weaken an argument, and when I try ... -
Question Stem: Double NegativesHello, Is anyone aware of LSAC having an infrequent tendency to introduce a question stem in double negatives? Example: Instead of stating, "Which …
I am not aware of an example of your second construction ... the argument?" They otherwise state, "Each of the following, if true, does ... not weaken the argument EXCEPT?"
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PT72.S2.Q07 - expert: some people claim thatI am retaking some of the 70's PT's to get ready for Saturday (fingers crossed!). Most of the LR is no problem for me, I just was hoping for a bit of…
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PT28.S1.Q05 - the number of codfishhttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-28-section-1-question-05/ Here is the LSAT question from the problem set I am currently on in the course. …
... /> So the way a weakening argument works is that if you ... weakening. So if an answer choice weakens an argument by anything from 1 ... survive is because of the argument form of this stimulus. < ... br />
Answer choice "D" does just that.
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Weakening questionsThese are by far the hardest and most difficult type of LR questions for me. As soon as they turn into 3/5 stars in difficulty or greater I start mis…
... answer choices that could potentially strengthen or weaken. So, I ... framework that applies to all argument-based LR questions and ... questions. If you're given an argument, the way to approach ... method of reasoning, main point, argument part, should really be the ... -
Weakening questionsThese are by far the hardest and most difficult type of LR questions for me. As soon as they turn into 3/5 stars in difficulty or greater I start mis…
... learning ways to weaken the argument.
One ... effect does not have to follow the cause, thus, the argument ... conclusions, you can weaken an argument by showing that if the ... try and focus on argument analysis. Argument analysis is important for ... -
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 …
... really gets tricky is with Strengthen/Weaken, NA, RRE, and things ... . The number of NA's an argument can make, for example, approaches ... -
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…
... looks like a completely legitimate argument on first read.
strengthen or weaken an argument like this?
Strengthen: His results ... you pointed out? He is an amateur that just started learning ... -
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…
... looks like a completely legitimate argument on first read.
... would you say 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…
I find that argument types, like correlation-causation, is a subset of ... trying to support or weaken an argument ... . I didn't include other argument types (like ... -
PT19.S2.Q04 - scientists analyzing air bubblesI can't see why (E) is wrong. Could anyone explain why (D) is right?? Appreciate in advance https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-19-section-2-qu…
... br /> **Scientist's Hypothesis (The argument we are dealing with):**
an indirect relationship between ferrous ... and so it does not weaken the argument. If we were ... diatoms. This directly undermines the argument.
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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…
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In order to strengthen the argument, the author would have to ... that A just shows another correlation and doesn't really establish ... -
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…
... what type of argument it is (conditional, correlation/causation, survey/ ... complicated once you realize an argument can have multiple flaws, ... do with an argument. It is likely that an argument will fail ... to do with the argument. Sometimes they actually won ... -
Quick weakening/attack premises questionI had a quick question - based on the 7sage lessons on weakening, you never directly attack a premise or conclusion; rather, you take support away fr…
... a case where an answer choice DOES directly attack the ... weaken an argument."
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> So, if it does actually ... premise pretty much weakens the argument completely.
... . So lesson learned that it does happen : ).
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Quick weakening/attack premises questionI had a quick question - based on the 7sage lessons on weakening, you never directly attack a premise or conclusion; rather, you take support away fr…
... as it relates to the argument. It's the difference between ... didn't actually find zero correlation" and "The study that ... found no correlation was poorly conducted".
< ... a flaw but not subject an argument to weakening?
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The key difference btw recent lsats and the older onesMy PT scores took a hit when I initially moved onto recent PTs (60s and up) from the older PTs. I wondered why. Below is my theory and I was wonderi…
... the one that does something **most** to an argument, the difficulty shifts ... ?" What cannot? Larissa's argument nowhere uses the word "short ... into in Larissa's argument wanting terms that were ... mention policy but does refer to an act as "an injustice" that ... -
Causation weakening vs. Causation strengthSo I'm working on these question types and have found a pattern. When it is a Causation strengthen question, the answer choice becomes apparent very …
... like you could be having an issue seeing how the given ... do the task of weakening an argument correctly--let me know which ... do is ask myself why does A cause B? You can ... create a situation where A does cause B. You can do ... -
Causation weakening vs. Causation strengthSo I'm working on these question types and have found a pattern. When it is a Causation strengthen question, the answer choice becomes apparent very …
... do the task of weakening an argument correctly--let me know which ... create a situation where A does cause B. You can ... ways to weaken the causation argument. I can think of ... one actually does weaken the argument. When I'm strengthening an argument, the answer ... -
Causation weakening vs. Causation strengthSo I'm working on these question types and have found a pattern. When it is a Causation strengthen question, the answer choice becomes apparent very …
... ways to weaken the causation argument. I can think of many ... one actually does weaken the argument. When I'm strengthening an argument, the answer ... filled and only one answer does that. I'm not sure ... br />
@LSATcantwin Yeah that does make sense to me. In ... -
Causation weakening vs. Causation strengthSo I'm working on these question types and have found a pattern. When it is a Causation strengthen question, the answer choice becomes apparent very …
... ways to weaken the causation argument. I can think of many ... one actually does weaken the argument. When I'm strengthening an argument, the answer ... filled and only one answer does that. I'm not sure ...
> @LSATcantwin Yeah that does make sense to me. In ... -
Any advice for assumption questionsI am having the hardest time with assumption questions required and sufficient alike. I am getting it down to two answers; the right one and the one …
... pick the wrong one. Does anyone have any sort of ... the stimulus and identify the argument core with surgical precision, ... . questions, you are given an argument where in order for the ... assumption not stated in the argument. Without this particular assumption, ... -
LR failureI have grown disheartened in the past few weeks as my PT scores but particularly my LR scores have fallen. I feel like every question has two right a…
... the logical structure of the argument. By my count, there ... conclusion of each argument is (if the argument has a conclusion ... a similar pattern of correlation in the premise to causation ... logical structure of an argument punctuated by an understanding of the ... -
Sufficient Assumption questionsSo I fell for a sufficient assumption trap, I chose the answer that was basically a restated premise, so for the assumption questions, the answer tha…
... . You are presented with an argument that is only missing one ... it from being a good argument.
For example ... premises true -> conclusion true) argument. You just need the missing ... restating a premise does not help the argument and could never ... -
PT17.S2.Q21 - nuclear reactors are sometimes builtHi All, I could use some help with this necessary assumption question. I definitely see why C is a necessary assumption, but I'm having a hard tim…
... years, how does that effect our argument?
Does our argument still stand ... likely to be struck by an earthquake are ones located near ... a fault that has produced an earthquake within living memory** still ... -
PT35.S1.Q15 - statistician: a financial magazine claimed that its survey of itsI chose C because it is weakening the argument which is saying that people are more concerned about their finances than politics and C says that they…
... a strengthen answer choice it would be hard to strengthen the argument with ... only the argument itself so outside ... correct, it does nothing to assist the Statistician's argument. It's ... -
Weaken and Strengthen QuestionsWeaken and Strengthen questions are my weakest section types and take me much longer to do than any other questions. I'm not able to prephase what t…
Strengthen/weaken questions (along with ... bring in outside information to strengthen or weaken the amount of ... three ideas to weaken such an argument. We can say that 1 ... AC's which type of strengthen/weaken route will be ... the correct AC will strengthen/weaken. -
Help translating answer choices in flaw questions...I have found a pattern of question I continuously get wrong. I think I know why I get it wrong too. In part it's not having a clear enough understand…
... help you see why an argument made is weak. Thus ... the reason why this argument is fundamentally wrong."
does. But I think it ... theses flawed ways of making an argument.
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But it does lead to a more richer ... -
LR details, need advice :/Hey guys, so in reading LR question stems, I've become more attentive to the structure of the argument along side being extra careful with what is ac…
... the 170s where RC does most of the damage ... content of the abomination of an argument, you've already lost ... the structure of the argument. Hopefully, then you' ... the content of the argument if you can identify ... you can understand the argument then great. I wouldn ... -
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... I referred specifically to the argument form being NOT valid. I ... The problem is that conclusion does not follow from the given ... express that a valid argument is an argument where the conclusion is ... the conclusion. Notice the argument validity is not based on ... -
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... fallacy. So when anyone says an argument is invalid the person ought ... are not supposed to claim an argument as invalid and walk away ... fallacy. So when anyone says an argument is invalid the person ought ... One. How can something that does not exit refer to at ...
