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PTC.S2.Q18 - Sid: The sign says "Keep offI am having some trouble comparing A and B to each other. I believe the flaw itself is that Sid is confusing the consequences of a hypothetical with …
... walking across the grass would cause everyone to erroneously believe that ... action= walking across the grass not being bad if done by ... statement. So essentially Sid is not addressing Micki's statement at ... to determine the inherent isolated effect of something. -
Pop QuizHey everyone, I recently came across an LSAT stimulus that gave me loads of trouble when I was taking a PT under time. To ingrain the lesson from…
... cause), humans aren't as light footed as cats (no effect).
> B. Out of scope; death is not mentioned ... answers, involving things that were not mentioned (death, other animals, heavier ... -
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…
... , since for one, I'm not trying to adulterate the forums ... 't other causes to the effect, thereby rendering them flawed. For ... doesn't always have to cause B - thereby differentiating it from ... , could lead to sometimes A not causing B in exceptional cases. -
How do you train yourself not to fall to pieces after occasional score drops on PTsI know it's been said many times before but it's really hard when it happens to you several weeks before your test. Based on score data from PT 70 …
... just exposed? Did you not eat breakfast? Were you ... like an effect that you are searching the cause of. ... those potential causes do not happen again, as best ... you did not find the true cause and you have ... />
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PT41.S1.Q22 - If violations go unpunishedSo I know this is a tough flaw question. With tough questions like this - I almost always double check line 1 with the conclusion at the end, beca…
... lung cancer therefore we should not smoke 3 packs of cigarettes ... away_** a cause will result in less of the effect.). This argument ... you highlight here actually does not make the causal error in ... lung cancer therefore we should not smoke 3 packs of cigarettes ... -
PT88.S2.Q21 - 30 years of weather pattern recordsI have no idea why the answer is E. I chose C. Can someone please explain why E is right? <strong>Admin note: edited title; please use the format …
... assume if the cause is not natural then the cause is human ... author assumes that natural cause has a seven-day ... 7 day cycle can cause weather patterns from that ... days in the CAUSE vs the # days in the Effect (the # ... now have a cause that does not have a 7 ... -
PT88.S2.Q21 - 30 years of weather pattern recordsI have no idea why the answer is E. I chose C. Can someone please explain why E is right? <strong>Admin note: edited title; please use the format …
... have a great large scale effect on weather. Premise: during weekends ... Not have 7 day weather cycle, it has 7 day cycle cause ... premise indicates that is DOES NOT occur in 7 day cycle ... -
PT88.S2.Q21 - 30 years of weather pattern recordsI have no idea why the answer is E. I chose C. Can someone please explain why E is right? <strong>Admin note: edited title; please use the format …
... it doesn't really effect our argument other than ... pattern has a natural cause, it might not be a 7- ... can have a natural cause and not a 7-day cycle ... I mentioned above. "why not look at 1-day cycles ... is humans who have an effect. Without that assumption, simply ... -
Sufficient-->Necessary, Cause --> Effect, Before-->AfterI am really confused about the relationship between these three things. Sufficient-->Necessary, Cause --> Effect, Before-->After Is it okay to und…
So these are not all the same logic, one ... /> Causation logic is all about cause and effect relationships, and does have ... -
PT13.S4.Q5- "Planetary bodies differ from.."Diagraming this stimulus into conditional logic was hard for me. I started with the second sentence: Unless= G3= negate, place in sufficient /…
... ed to get the full effect. Hopefully got it right ... A - Moon → /icy.**
Not supported. We only know the ... meteor cratered**
Not supported. The only thing we ... >
> /heat to cause volcanic action --->/renewed surface ... -
Strengthen/ Weaken QuestionsDoes anyone have any recommendations for how to approach strengthen/ weaken questions - especially weaken questions? I’m actually horrible at them an…
Not sure if this will help ... calling them "issues" and "problems," not flaws because those are a ... basic areas: Correlation, Chronology, and Cause and effect.
Correlation: "There ... the argument issue- it may not be the same as what ... -
PT 1 S4 Q15 : Why is E the correct choice?So... the correct answer choice is E and I'm really trying to understand why that is the case. Is it because E is basically destroying the evidence w…
... , the dogs preference would not matter at all, because ... causal reasoning: "dogs are not 50/50 right/left pawed ... both hind legs. No effect on argument. Hind leg ... paw. Same as A. No effect on the counterexample.
... by introducing an alternate cause. -
PT66.S4.Q12 - Mail-order salesHey all! I got this question right almost immediately during timed, and during BR I changed it to C because I doubted myself. I used to have a…
... relationship in stimulus: Cause-Offering unlimited free shipping Effect- increase in mail ... sales.
A.) No cause, no effect: no unlimited free shipping, no ... cares?
C.) Profits are not the same thing as sales ... -
Stupid mistakes in LRSo right now I'm averaging around 17 (-8/-9) per LR section. I always BR at -2/-3 and when I look back a majority of my errors are STUPID. For exampl…
... have found some success in not reading the question stem first ... really enjoy the idea of not carrying all the different question ... I have found success in not reading the stem first and ... for example, all related to cause and effect? Or are they all ... -
PTA.S1.Q5 - Productivity in the officeI am having a hard time understanding why AC E is better than D. I also do not understand what makes B wrong.
... saying that financial incentives is not related to office productivity, ... another causal factor that is not unauthorized breaks.
D : ... to do with the cause and effect relationship introduced in the ... argument, and it's not necessary that supervising people ... -
Why are weakening questions so hard?After 2 years of studying for this crazy exam, I have always been so bad at weakening questions. Sometimes doing problem sets untimed and still getti…
... shows:
1) cause without effect;
2) effect without cause;
3) an ... alternate cause;
4) reversal ... the cause and effect (less common).
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Weakening questionsI am really struggling with weakening questions anyone have any tips or can lend any help to help me over come this?
... /> **Important note:**Your goal is not to weaken the conclusion. Your ... an alternative explanation for the cause and effect relationship in the stimulus ... -
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 …
... that bad... and its not really a matter of ... strengthen, or at least not weaken to a degree ... it weakening? By showing effect without cause. Very loosely... it ... most reasonable one... note not A reasonable one, but ... the right answer right? Not how good of a ... -
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 …
... that bad... and its not really a matter of ... strengthen, or at least not weaken to a degree ... it weakening? By showing effect without cause. Very loosely... it ... most reasonable one... note not A reasonable one, but ... the right answer right? Not how good of a ... -
PT42.S4.Q1 - "Many babies have a yellowish tinge..."Question link below: https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-42-section-4-question-01/ All on board with the clearly strengthening correct A/C h…
... way or another. I'm not sure if merely stating that ... 's argument has no effect, or no negative effect would necessarily help ... is going for won't cause your baby to explode, but ... -
PT15.S3.Q23 - Asbestos is a silent killer (Still in need of second opinion!)Could a kind 7sager double-check my logic? After reading the argument, I thought it was well-supported. If it is in fact a poor argument, could someo…
... down, gas station sushi... no effect.
B - ...
It's not a bad argument... in fact ... alone in the buildings (not removing all of it) ... be disturbed (and thereby cause a health risk) then ... well remove it since not doing so only delays ... -
PT15.S3.Q23 - Asbestos is a silent killer (Still in need of second opinion!)Could a kind 7sager double-check my logic? After reading the argument, I thought it was well-supported. If it is in fact a poor argument, could someo…
... down, gas station sushi... no effect.
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> It's not a bad argument... in fact ... alone in the buildings (not removing all of it) ... be disturbed (and thereby cause a health risk) then ... well remove it since not doing so only delays ... -
PT10.S4.Q23 - What is answer choice B saying?I thought the flaw in the argument was assuming that because half the total population was wiped out, that meant a good percentage of able-bodied peo…
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> It's not an argument. You are given ... them and one that does not.
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> ... were old or infirm and not part of the labor ... it doesn't have to cause a resolution. It just has ... B only talks about one effect of emigration on the labor ... -
LR Sections: Strenghten & FlawHi everyone, So I have been studying since May of 2020 (yikes), and originally I scored a 132 on my diagnostic and now scoring a 166-167, but I a…
... absence of the cause-->absence of the effect, that there are ... given, and make minimal, if not no assumptions.
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... them all, as it could cause more harm.
NOT follow this pattern. AC ... pattern and does not have the effect of doing something ... to help, neither of which cause the other.
not depend on this.
PT62.S4.Q19: I thought the LSAT only dealt with causal relationships in terms of a singular causeI thought on the LSAT, it was one cause per effect, not multiple causes per effect. Why is the correct answer acceptable in this instance? Shouldn't …
... the idea of 'only one cause per effect' unless the argument is ... that smoking is the only cause of cancer. Arguments often use ... that happen to include 'one cause per effect', but I wouldn't ... more for the sake of not making arguments extremely complex.
PT58.S1.Q11 & PT62.S4.Q19: Come on, where's the 7sage community! My post is getting ignored!I just couldn't anticipate the flaws with either of these questions and would like to know how people who got these correct went about doing them. My…
... saying bulging disks are not necessary for pain but ... pain. They're not, so that's not the relationship. ... right: It's clearly not sufficient, but that doesn ... that it was one cause, one effect. Doesn't the ... be more than one cause per effect? Because the correct ...PT58.S1.Q11 & PT62.S4.Q19: Come on, where's the 7sage community! My post is getting ignored!I just couldn't anticipate the flaws with either of these questions and would like to know how people who got these correct went about doing them. My…
... that it was one cause, one effect. Doesn't the bulging ... can be more than one cause per effect? Because the correct answer ... condition. (Conditional relationships do not imply causation, but causal relationships ... a question has A and not C, so that conditional ...PT58.S1.Q11 & PT62.S4.Q19: Come on, where's the 7sage community! My post is getting ignored!I just couldn't anticipate the flaws with either of these questions and would like to know how people who got these correct went about doing them. My…
... sufficient condition. (Conditional relationships do not imply causation, but causal relationships ... a question has A and not C, so that conditional relationship ... .
Cause: X
Effect: Y
Cause: X (Bulging disks ...PT58.S1.Q11 & PT62.S4.Q19: Come on, where's the 7sage community! My post is getting ignored!I just couldn't anticipate the flaws with either of these questions and would like to know how people who got these correct went about doing them. My…
... that is not itself sufficient to produce a certain effect. . .”
cause and effect. The people in the ... there. The test writers chose not to go down that path ...
