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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…
... into true conditional statements or at least pseudo conditional statements)< ... SC -- SE, NC -- NE, reverse causation, alt. causes
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Causation/Weakening and Strengthening HelpI find myself having a very hard time understanding the causation strategy and i had a few questions about its use. first off, is this strategy for …
... avoid seeing causation logic as relevant "only" for strengthening and weakening question ... you seen this lesson yet at the end of the Point ... at Issue lessons?
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How much can I imporve my LSAT?I know this is a common topic, however I'm new to this forum sooooo I figured I might as well share my diagnostic and see if anyone has any advice or…
... cold diagnostic at a Kaplan-sponsored event at my university, ... anything of conditional logic, causation, bi-conditionals, contrapositives, ... argument as opposed to weakening a premise, intersection relationships ... with where you are at, especially because your ... -
Modern PTs got me downMy PT average has dropped from roughly the high 160s/low 170s on the older PTs to reliably the lower 160s on the PTs in the 70's. I'm planning on tak…
... by taking them one section at a time. Once you start ... correlation, a correlation does support causation. I've seen two questions ... choice
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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…
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Strengthen, Weakening, Assumption, Flaw, Parallel question/Parallel ... argument on LSAT is correlation-causation. If you understand this type ... question types. But to score at the highest you will have ... -
Help with Weakening Questions!I'm in the middle of going through the CC and I'm on weakening questions at this point. I'm working on my problem sets, but the last five sets I've …
... the theory you learned from causation, or from what you already ... or wrong. Take a look at the reasoning of yours and ... I mentioned and stop doing weakening for today. Start on the ... there is time, and resume weakening lesson tomorrow.
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How to go back to curriculumI recently watched the "Post CC Strategies" webinar and something that he had mentioned as apart of the first phase of taking PTs is that we should b…
... and how to drill them at the bottom.
weakening question and 31.3. ... both go from correlation to causation. So if you realize ... or I was just slow at answering. Cookie cutter review ... helping us get faster at arguments because as soon ... -
Assumption vs. Causation questionsCan someone explain the difference between assumption questions and causation questions when it comes to strengthening/weakening questions? I am comp…
... the assumption questions and strengthen/weakening questions, it will become ... best not to think of causation questions as being a ... be properly drawn, or at least moves it in that ... to understanding the fundamentals of weakening strengthening questions, I found ... -
Weakening Questions HelpI just completed the Causation and Phenomenon-Hypothesis Question section in the CC and have a few questions regards the content in there before I mo…
... I just completed the Causation and Phenomenon-Hypothesis Question ... ?
At this moment in your prep ... choices under Causation Strategy when coming across weakening question types ... any weakening questions or argument type including causation there ... -
PT81.S2.Q22 - In a recent study, one group of participantsReposting from my comment This question has one of the most insane assumptions I’ve ever seen on the LSAT, I’m sorry but this should of been taken…
... common ways of weakening this structure are "alternative causation" or "reinterpreting the ... be suspicious. Let's look at our remaining options:
I don't understand what I am doing wrong. Is law for me? Am I just too unintelligent?I have taken the LSAT 4 times. I have gone 158 -> 160 -> 164 -> 163, all of which were terrible disappointments for me. Especially the last one from …
... that repeat. For example, correlation/causation; phenom/hypo; cause/effect; sufficient ... an LR question as 'correlation/causation' for example where there' ... B'. If it's a weakening question, you can be ... .
Hope that at least some of this was ...PT64.S1.Q22 - Microbiologist: Because heavy metals are normallyHi all, I was hoping someone might be able to help me with two things here: 1) In my BR I was really torn between A and B and eventually chose …
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At first, like you, I also ... , I struggle with the causation-correlation idea too. It ... to strengthen/weaken argument about causation-correlation, it will be ... the rules regarding strengthening/weakening cause-effect argument in ...LR not improving anymoreI started studying for the LSAT in May with about 7 wrong on per LR section, and 10 wrong on RC, and 7 for LG. My scores became consistent in the low…
... times, something just clicks at random times. Sometimes, you ... to be very adept at not misreading because they ... language in my opinion. Studying causation, correlation type questions "studies ... br />
Another would be weakening/flaw types because you can ...Better approach for Accuracy and Time?I've been wondering about a different approach to answering the questions in LR sections, in hopes of improving time and accuracy....has anyone heard…
... this and it is a horrible idea. You will waste ... choices. Let's say weakening questions are your most feared ... 1 which is a weakening question while you go ... particular exam you are looking at?
It is okay ... that fits where you are at in terms of score, ...Strengthening and Weakening QuestionsHi guys, I keep getting strengthening and weakening questions wrong and I can't figure out why... does anyone have any suggestions or helpful tips…
... /> I think that strengthening and weakening questions can be some of ... strong correlation as evidence of causation. Neither conclusion has any business ... up the answers. Only look at the stimulus and try to ... with and we can look at those in some more detail ...Can anyone give me some tips on improving at weakening questions?I keep getting these questions wrong almost every time I am confronted with one. SOS.
... the correct one while looking at the whole argument. Write down ... /> Or when I read Causal Weakening: X because of Y (schools ... over Causation and Phenomenon-Hypothesis Questions and Flaw-Descriptive Weakening Questions in ...Strengthen/ Weaken QuestionsDoes anyone have any recommendations for how to approach strengthen/ weaken questions - especially weaken questions? I’m actually horrible at them an…
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Causation or cause an effect: "People ... /> Then, once I've arrived at the issue, I apply it ... the question type. For a weakening question, the correct answer should ... /SA. I am, however, _horrible_ at flaw and evaluate questions. I ...Now why in the lawd’s name would the LSAT people do that?PT81.S2.Q22 Older tests actually tested logic. These new tests just rewards your ability to weed through a pile of sh!t and narrow it down to the …
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What makes a weakening AC the right AC? It ... can be a horrible answer... it can barely weaken at all, and ... might seem to strengthen, or at least not weaken to a ... weakening? By showing effect without cause. Very loosely... it is a horrible ...Now why in the lawd’s name would the LSAT people do that?PT81.S2.Q22 Older tests actually tested logic. These new tests just rewards your ability to weed through a pile of sh!t and narrow it down to the …
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> What makes a weakening AC the right AC? It ... can be a horrible answer... it can barely weaken at all, and ... might seem to strengthen, or at least not weaken to a ... weakening? By showing effect without cause. Very loosely... it is a horrible ...LR pattern of getting 2nd half of section wrong...Please help me understand why?!I've noticed that when I practice questions on LR I consistently get the harder half wrong and the easier half right. Does any one have advice for ho…
... the process of doing a weakening question does not change because ... answer choices would be correlation/causation, temporal correlation, groups versus ... ? you can't. Look at the easy questions because the ... will help you be better at the harder questions, 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…
... we're not really weakening the argument because why ... city services, it would at the very least make the ... for weakening/strengthening questions, this not unusual, especially with causation questions. ... a regular (not except) weakening question, I would say that ...How do I know I'm making a reasonable assumption on strengthen/weaken questions?Hiii, I've gone through the CC and taken a few PTs, and I notice that my main problem in LR is that I tend to make unreasonable assumptions. Espec…
... . In fact I'm drilling weakening and strengthening QT to get ... strengthen or weaken. For a weakening QT, you'll negate the ... the assumption, or have a causation/correlation, argument by analogy, phenomenon ... , it just may be wrong (at least it is for me ...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…
... /> D is more attractive for weakening for two reason: First for ... also, D is another correlation/causation type answer. But D, for ... own review, still does better at directing the attention to business ... is pretty fishy, but for weakening, that might suffice. I'd ...PT1.S4.Q12 - A recent study found that snoringI found this one very tricky. As for AC A, I think I understand that AC A meets the target by introducing a third party, stress, that could be re…
... imply that correlation is actually causation, you should IMMEDIATELY be ... it definitively proves 3, at least for certain individuals. As ... />
Note that for weakening questions, the answer choice doesn ... . Now we are looking at a much lower chance - ...135 to 162!Hey Team, I just wanted to share that after receiving and opening the February LSAT Score today morning, the relief and joy of seeing the hard wo…
... was finishing my fifth attempt at the LSAT I was ... anything lol (LSAT Trauma corr/causation) but just to encourage ... when my scores and speed at understanding question stimulus sky ... : be comfortable in strengthening and weakening analogies.
4) PSA ...Weaken QuestionsI am struggling so hard in these. Does anyone have any pointers?? I feel like I'm so close sometimes, then during BR I change my right answer to the …
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You can conceptualize weakening questions with the following set ... Also, you can think about causation to understand where the support ... bread.
3) Look at the answer choices. The correct ... , and so you look at the answer choices with this ...Weakening questions on Newer LSATsThis might be common knowledge and I have certainly come across this in the core curriculum, but did not quite grasp what is meant. I am realizing th…
... can see analogies, studies, correlation/causation pretty easily.
> ... someone offers a proposal, a weakening response would be something like ... earlier when I was looking at specific weaken questions that dealt ...PT F97.S3.Q18 - new record has been set for the number of murders committedCould someone help me understand how AC E counters the city officials response? On another note, I have a tendency to want to set off either the …
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At first glance, the city official ... would have helped / gotten at the first anticipated rebuttal. As ... make this work as a weakening answer.
(C) ... weaken causal claims: (1) Reverse causation, (2) Additional third factor, ...Three Ways to Weaken?What are the three ways to weaken an argument again? I only remember alternative hypothesis. I swear there was a lesson that taught this but I don't …
... do not involve causation the way to approach weakening questions is choose ... will start to get good at identifying if the AC actually ... premise you are not actually weakening the argument, you are ... words you can think of weakening questions as questions that ...Does anyone have a strategy sheet for the different types of LR questions?If anyone could share their strategy sheet for Logical Reasoning question types, it would be greatly appreciated. 7Sage has a really helpful one i…
... drought. Author: but there was at least 1 year of heavy ... .”
Example Answer: “it confuses weakening an argument in support of ... first”
b. Correlation ≠ Causation: “confusing the coincidence of two ...
