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When do I draw stuff out for a Logical Reasoning question?I am having a hard time recognizing when I should draw out the argument structure to help me with the question (A---->B ect...) When do you decide…
... bracket the conclusion of an argument if the stimulus is particularly wordy or difficult to understand ... . It help to hone in on what the argument is really trying to ... do vs. getting lost in the weeds of ... -
Taking too long to complete modulesHello All, I'm fairly new at this but I've noticed I'm taking 2x as long to complete the the course sections than what is listed. For example, I j…
... and 10 just to get an idea of the gradation of difficulty and see ... to identify the core argument properly, and failed to identify the proper answer despite identifying the core argument correctly ... -
Looking for encouragement from longer term studiersHi 7sagers, my name is Eliza and I am struggling with my morale and confidence with the LSATS. I need your **advice/encouragement** from all you **lo…
... honing my ability to identify correctly the core argument and flaw in the stimulus. For ... to the questions become closer to what LSAT requires you of, seems to me the key to ... cultivate both your ability to tackle the questions ... -
PT14.S4.Q18 - According to a government official involved inHey guys. I’m hoping some of you LSAT masters can help with this question. I’ve been trying to wrap my brain around it for the past few days with no …
Argument summary:
Premise 1: Tapes show that pilots of small aircraft ... .
Analysis:
The argument has 2 glaring weak points ... . Second, even if the coincidence is useful, the conclusion seems to deal with all ... -
PT16.S3.Q7 - John: In 80 percent of car accidentsHi guys, can someone please help break this argument down. Thanks a lot! :) **Admin note: edited title**
... the argument concludes:
A---->B
The other common form of the ... "not solitary." The lesson here is to follow the thread of the argument! Know what is ... as a sufficient condition and the conclusion functions as a necessary condition ... -
PMOR HelpHey all, quick question for everyone in here: has anyone come across a set of 'rules' like we have for parallel flaw. In paralllel flaw we have the 1…
... list of all the common valid argument forms in the CC ... most relationship lessons. I think just doing more of them, ... from which I can continue to build?
to get the most of it, you should ... glad to try to give you an example of how ... -
Learning Wrong QuestionsHow do you commit how to solve a question that you got wrong to memory. For example, I always feel that I sometimes forget what I learned from blind…
... for the premise to support the conclusion. This step I am also trying to frame the argument ... conform to a cookie cutter type of question? Is the conclusion prescriptive? is the conclusion strong ... -
PT73.S2.Q20 - The advent ofchemical fertilizers ledI know it's a bad idea to argue with LSAT answers, but I find it's the best way to improve - I want to really understand exactly why my thinking is w…
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Before reading the conclusion you want to ask: What do I ... must abandon chemical fertilizer. Because of the conclusion and what we could infer ... in the argument. The only thing the use of chemical lead to was abandoning the planting of green ... -
Question Regarding Weaken and Strengthen QuestionsHello. Lately I have been having a lot of trouble with grasping what exactly I am supposed to be doing with Weaken and Strengthen Questions. I unders…
... needs something that undermines the conclusion. The conclusion of this argument is like "hey, ... your thermometer is" and the correct answer choice is ... in a lot of situations (when the plants are different ... don't need to completely disprove an argument for a ... -
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…
... it is, though, for the sake of argument. This is a phenomena/hypothesis ... ). There are plenty of ways to weaken this type of argument. Two common ways ... weaken the strength of that conclusion. We are likely to be more suspicious of the conclusion after ... -
PT62.S4.Q18 - If there are sentient beings on planets outsideHello, Here is my reasoning for question 18 in section 4 for prep test 62. Since this is a sufficient assumption question, I want to be able to fi…
... concerned with our ABILITY to determine the existence of other sentient beings outside ... flaw/gap we need to fill for the argument to work. For B, it ... must **want** to communicate with us to ensure that the "exception" to the conclusion (that we ... -
How do you drill LR?Hey guys, so this November test highlighted that I need to drill LR more. I focused so much on LG and RC that I may have brushed over my weaknesses i…
... prompt and think about the argument through the lens of each answer. Even if ... that needs to be worked up to. You need to be able to identify the specific ... flaw in an argument without the assistance of the ... -
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 …
... is the central failure of your LR studies. You have to identify the issue on ... . This is the level at which the lessons from one question transfer to others ... , so you've got to ... -
Method for Practice Questions (In core Curriculum)I am about 50% through the core curriculum and it has taken a lot longer than I had anticipated. I am wondering if my strategy of first trying to wor…
... the blind review method. Type (or write) the question out. Be sure to identify the ... question type, the structure of the argument, any gaps or analysis ... you have of it before you get to the ... -
PT60.S1.Q13 - Many economists claim that financial rewardsHi all! So long story short, I constantly find myself vacillating between answer choice b and answer choice c. I know what the right answer is _supp…
... apart the argument structure regardless of the parties involved:
Conclusion: Economists overestimate the degree to ... the argument by not trying to contradict the survey results but attacking the potential relevance of the ... -
PT60.S1.Q13 - Many economists claim that financial rewardsHi all! So long story short, I constantly find myself vacillating between answer choice b and answer choice c. I know what the right answer is _supp…
... given my previous inability to explain the source of my consternation in ... like I had to address both gaps, because the conclusion of the argument has a reference ... to 1.
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PT44.S4.Q22 - Research shows that when dogsThe question is linked below: https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-44-section-4-question-22/ I'm looking for advice because upon first read…
... out a good way to modify the conclusion to make the argument more airtight. I say ... even though the argument is vulnerable to the question of what would happen to a dog ... kind of weaken the argument, it has nothing to do with the reasoning structure of neutering ... -
PT26.S2.Q7- Speakers of the Caronian language constitute a minorityWow, I feel like I'm posting one of these everyday. So this question has to do with a Necessary Assumption question--an old one. I've realized in t…
... the conclusion was something along the lines of a majority Caronian nation being possible to ... you're defending the argument against assumptions that would weaken the conclusion of "Hence, this ... -
PT26.S2.Q7- Speakers of the Caronian language constitute a minorityWow, I feel like I'm posting one of these everyday. So this question has to do with a Necessary Assumption question--an old one. I've realized in t…
... you're defending the argument against assumptions that would weaken the conclusion of "Hence, this ... to the argument the author was countering/discussing. Inherent in the definition of a nation--according to ... -
What do necessary assumptions do to an argument's flaw?Hi there! So I'm still trying to answer this question and could use some help! Lots of different sources, including 7sager and the Trainer, suggest …
... my opinion, to do this is to find the conclusion, find the premises, and then ... by lightly bridging the elements in the flaw to the rest of the argument. This is why ... so. SA questions allow the conclusion to be drawn. The NA often does not ... -
What do necessary assumptions do to an argument's flaw?Hi there! So I'm still trying to answer this question and could use some help! Lots of different sources, including 7sager and the Trainer, suggest …
... my opinion, to do this is to find the conclusion, find the premises, and then ... by lightly bridging the elements in the flaw to the rest of the argument. This is why ... so. SA questions allow the conclusion to be drawn. The NA often does not ... -
PT76.S4.Q12 - Researcher: Research has shown that inhalingI'm having trouble figuring out why A is a wrong answer choice. If we apply the negation test to AC A, it will say -- "All of the scents that have…
... /> The negation of A wrecks ALL OF THE SUPPORT the premises give to the conclusion, thus wrecking the ARGUMENT (the relationship ... -
Necessary Assumption QuestionsYOOOO! I just wanted to ask a quick question about the must be true test for Necessary Assumption answer choices? could someone elaborate on that? I…
... true in order for the conclusion to follow from the state premise(s). Sometimes ... must be true in the background of our argument, an assumption that must ... is necessary. This is relevant to the argument because at bottom it deals ... -
7 month plateau of low 150s, help!So two summers ago (May to August2017), I started my journey. I was scoring in 131, 133 range using the Self Trainer and Powerscore books. I cancelle…
... basic structure. You need to identify the premise and the conclusion. You should anticipate or ... clear-cut understanding of the stimulus, you should move on to the answer choices ... process. BR is where most of the learning happens, PT's are ... -
PT5.S1.Q16 - The seventeenth-century physicist Sir IsaacI struggled between A and B, why is A wrong? and why is B right? I would think A to be wrong because it focuses the blame on historians, which cam…
... try to break down the argument. This is a SA question, the argument concludes ... are trying to link up the premise and the conclusion, and the premise part in ... wrong, where did the "reluctance of historians to acknowledge the failures of ..." even coming from ... -
PT5.S1.Q16 - The seventeenth-century physicist Sir IsaacI struggled between A and B, why is A wrong? and why is B right? I would think A to be wrong because it focuses the blame on historians, which cam…
... kind of the A -> B therefore B -> A invalid argument form ... . I used to get frustrated when JY ... 's kind of subtle.
The conclusion we're trying to draw is ... too weak for a SA argument, since we don't know ... -
PT70.S1.Q9 - Astronomer: Proponents of the hypothesis thatI don't understand how A can be the answer. A says "no evidence in favor of a hypothesis," but the proponents of the hypothesis is giving us eviden…
... a conclusion/hypothesis merely on the basis that an inadequate argument is given ... doesn't actually "grant the truth" of the claims -- they just say that ... I think the second part "does nothing to strengthen the astronomer's argument" is ... -
PT9.S2.Q11 - Recently discovered fossil evidence casts doubtI am really struggling with this method of reasoning question. Can any one explain why the answer is E? **Admin note: edited title**
... do my best attempt.
The conclusion of the argument is that recently discovered fossil ... observed or existence of something), is closely related to present phenomenon that ... />
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PTFeb97.S1.Q20 - explosion of interest in operaI have a hard time understanding why B is the right answer? Also, could someone explain why D is wrong?
... premise, so properly worded the argument would say "Of the 70 or so professional ... the argument directly undermines the evidence that it uses in support of its conclusion when the ... size of the audience has to have risen as well in order for the conclusion to ... -
PT72.S3.Q6 - gamma ray burstshttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-72-section-3-question-06/ I am having such a tough time on this question. I have written out my thinking,…
As juanda has already said you may want to review what the conclusion of the argument is.
