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Negate conditional lawgicQuestion: What is the difference between A-->B ______ A-->/C and A--->B _____ not (A--->C)
If you have to negate a conditional statement, just show that the ... instead on the argument and personalizing it helps. Then, once the conditional ... -
PT43.S2.Q18 - editorial: it is clear that what is called "health education"http://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-43-section-2-question-18/ Can someone look at this question and answer the following question for me: Is …
... we're not conditioning being a Jedi on whether or not you ... defining propaganda. It is NOT conditional, or biconditional, or any variation ... of conditional. It just means that's ... -
Timers? Watches? Where can I take full practice examsAny suggestions for website that has online timer? Any suggestions for online proctor ? Any suggestions for live practice proctors in DC area? I f…
... it every day several times a day for nearly 8 ... loved it. Worked like a champ on test day too. For ... up with spare time as a result which let me ... DO NOT WAIT to buy a watch for your test. You ... to use a watch or your zen inner clock technique on every PT ... -
NA question typesI was wondering if anyone has found a way that works best to approach these question types? If so, PLEASE share.
... that I've picked up on but I think falls into ... " means that you can write a conditional; "primary" means nothing. Or, at ... least, I haven't seen a counter-example to the observation ... -
Read Question First/ ConsistencyI am wildly inconsistent in reading comp. Some days I am -2 and others -10. I am thinking about reading the questions before I start reading the pass…
... LSAT instructors/courses focus more on techniques - I can't blame ... there's a lot more we can all do for technique on RC ... -
Logic Game IntuitionDo you guys have any advice on deciding when to map out all possible game boards after reading the conditions (for sequencing games) and when to tack…
... It really just comes with a lot of instances of ... 4 more boards, based on how complex each individual ... third" then make a board for A in 1 and ... decision point—is there a rule that either determines ... of the positions, or a conditional that will trigger very ... -
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…
... diagrammable into true conditional statements or at ... linked between A --> C (does a conditional need to ... be added, is this a term ... sample representative (skinny people on x diet is skinny ... tricky, don't rely on this too much unless ... -
HELP! Conditional Rules: Contrapositive InferenceMost contrapositives makes sense to me except in the case of a negative condition, and positive reaction. Can someone help me understand this exa…
... of the arrow" the negation is on and react accordingly.
On the other hand:
It may seem like a trivial or obvious distinction to ... will bank you serious time on test day when you don ... -
Making Inferences more quicklyHello, I started/purchased the 7Sage Starter on May 31, 2015. That was actually the first day I started studying for the LSAT (I haven't used any …
... been focusing on logic games for a week and a half, so ... more rules that are placed on a variable, the more restricted ... This can especially be fruitful on questions like "which one of ... and it requires a high-level understanding of conditional logic. Once you ... -
Help. Me.Hello everyone! First time poster, long time lurker. I'm looking to get some advice on what would be my best study option leading up to the Oct…
... each section early is neither a sufficient or necessary condition ... for getting a 170+, it is super ... week with an excellent BR on a clean test and then ... on reinforcing my mechanical skills to improve my intuition because conditional ... -
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…
Unless a question is written with conditional logic, I would ... on flaw/strengthen/weaken questions and generally won't ever need conditional ... logic, but instead need to focus on the ... fact that B causes A). Conditional logic will not serve ... -
Average Discrepancy Between Actual vs. Blind Review ScoreHey All, I was just wondering what the average discrepancy between your actual scores vs. your BR scores are after taking a PT. I know I average a…
... I was doing BR on the same copy I ... I switched to doing BR on a clean copy my BR ... errors you are making and on what types of questions ... future. For instance, my conditional logic skills are really strong ... m still not fast enough on the harder questions that ... -
PT64.S1.Q22 - microbiologist: because heavy metalshttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-64-section-1-question-22/ The following is my reasoning for why the answer to PT64S1Q22 is D, and is not B. …
... stem from incorrect application of conditional logic to causal claims.
on a correlation. B indicates a correlation, not a cause, so B ... are not as absolute as conditional claims. You can see this ... -
How to improve reading speed on RC?Hi everyone! So RC is my strength and I usually only miss 8-9 questions on the whole section and that is mostly because I run out of time! If I h…
... down 10 word summaries on the side of the ... a different method, and a different one, and a different one. I settled on ... 7sages technique, but ... Yesterday I went -12 on a section doing a PT, but then today ... -
PT46.S3.Q24 - editorialist: despite the importancehttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-46-section-3-question-24/ This sufficient assumption question really has me thrown. I've read the Manhattan…
... be found in a truth table. Based on the assumption that ... some things. If a conditional relationship, say A-->B, is ...
This is actually a simple A-->B argument template at ... assumed there was a conditional relationship between them. Thus, A would be ... -
PT12 S1 Q24 and some othersPT12 S1 Q24- I Have no idea how the writers of the test came up with this answer. I lack understanding of why C is wrong. (I purposely left out the a…
... But what if a technique is just based on bad science and the ... be good, before the technique was applied on a large scale basis, ... be especially true for a technique that ended up being ... effectiveness of a procedure may not depend entirely on the physician ... -
"Since" necessary or sufficient condition?I know this is probably a rookie question, but I require an expert answer. So how do we diagram since? I don't recall it in the lessons. I have reaso…
"Since" is a premise indicator (which functions a lot like "for", ... the conclusion can go on ... any other premise indicator into a conditional relationship. We don't ... have evidence without conditional language that this situation ... -
Another Statement NegationStatement reads: "Rattlesnakes molt exactly once a year." How would you negate this? Is is better to use one statement that says "Rattlesnakes …
... are pretty straightforward using a logical opposite along ... you need to negate a conditional statement (at least this ... negations). In these conditional phrase cases you can ... : "If one flies on a plane then one gets ... some people that fly on planes do not get ... -
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... it may have been from a Manhattan book or something, but ... may have screwed up the negation in the contrapostive. But ... could of screwed up with a double negative. However, any ... this was incorrectly written as a conditional statement, presuming that the ability ... -
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... re equating a contrapositive with negation. They’ ... . To make a contrapositive, negate ... A)
But negating a statement is entirely different. The negation of a conditional ... statement like
A --> B is A some/B or A ... -
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... of those days...did crappy on a PT test too. Weird though ... assumed that when you see a conditional statement and want to negate ... , negate, and read it as a conditional statement, not an "and" statement ... -
Pacing Issues with LR. How do you find your groove?For the past couple weeks now I have been doing timed LR sections and I noticed that I have been going too fast, completing all 25 questions within t…
... need to skip. A great criteria for moving on is that if ... the flaw, move on.
Another helpful technique is to develop ... Many times, having a second set of eyes on a question will help ... clearly. @nicole.hopkins has a theory that your short term ... -
Conditional Answer Choices for STRENGTHEN/WEAKENHi thanks in advance if anyone can help. How should I deal with conditional answer choices in strengthen and weaken questions. Does it matter if the …
... ’re worried. A conditional statement is really just a hypothetical situation. A hypothetical could ... if it blocks a condition that would capitalize on something the argument ... -
Conditional Answer Choices for STRENGTHEN/WEAKENHi thanks in advance if anyone can help. How should I deal with conditional answer choices in strengthen and weaken questions. Does it matter if the …
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As for "focusing on the necessary," I think you ... 't think focusing on one side of a conditional statement over another ... is a great idea for ... The key to doing well on Weaken and Strengthen questions is ... -
55.1.4 Among the various modelsHow is A a sufficient assumption? I didn't like any of the answer choices, so I pretty much guessed on this one. I thought A was the least attracti…
... not take the form of a conditional--this is one of those ... the efficiency has a significant impact on effectiveness, as A says, then we ... efficiencies, and efficiencies have a huge impact on effectiveness.
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Thoughts?.
... people whose performance takes a nose dive specifically ... correct to dismiss the technique entirely. And in hindsight ... burnout diagnoses have gotten a bit too widespread recently ... the test on a high note and took a week after ... to drop 6 points on test day every ... -
Logical Reasoning Breaking 20QHelp!! Can't do more than 16 LR Q with 80% accuracy. Tips?? I want to touch 20
... /> Just for perspective on my technique, on the October test I got ... /> For example:
Argument: A controlled experiment found blah blah ... br /> Answers:
a) Many experiments say blah ...
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I don't know how to diagramI've been studying on my own for some time. When I do PTs I notice that I am getting an average of 5 wrong per LR section. All of them are either ass…
... and that is a statement that works on a couple different levels ... the LSAT is testing you on. Second, diagramming can ... a noticeable shift away from a lot of formal/conditional logic on ... basic concepts of diagramming formal/conditional logic.
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Why are LSAT scores given so much weight for admissions decisions?Dear JY, I love your website. The explanations for the logical games are carefully thought out and well presented. I wished I knew about your web…
... favors rich students with a lot of money to ... I spent about $45 on a copy of the LSAT Trainer ... , last February, I had a little bit saved up and ... as more in-depth work on conditional logic. I got both ... success" rhetoric. I'm a first generation college graduate and ... -
Embedded conditional translationI was wondering how you would translate an embedded conditional if the conditional in the necessary condition is negated. For example, A--->[Not (B--…
... necessary condition itself is a conditional statement, so A--->B SOME Not ... C is a different idea than A--->(B SOME ... is contingent on the relationship to A instead of being a discrete relationship ...
