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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 …
... the hardest time with assumption questions required and sufficient alike. I am ... advice on how to handle assumption questions? I reviewed all of ... -
Principle Questions / PatternsHey all, I've noticed that every now and then I will see an argument that doesn't seem to have any glaring flaws, if any at all. Sure enough, it's…
... Sure enough, it's a principle question in the range of ... , this happens to be an assumption as well.
BUT ... identified a pattern here with principle questions and I'm looking ... some validation. When answering a principle question, one must look for ... -
What is a necessary vs. a sufficient condition in logic?I'm just starting the intro to logic section and I'm a bit confused. What is a sufficient condition? What is a necessary condition?
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Sufficient & Necessary Conditions. Groups 1-4Do we need to memorize which logical operators belong to which group #? Is that the idea? Or is it more to grasp the concept of the language and be…
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Logical Reasoning: StatisticsAfter combing through numerous tests looking for ways to improve my logical reasoning score, I isolated a concept throughout the preptests that I was…
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PT 34 #13: Necessary assumption
"Essayist: one of the ... into thinking the flaw or assumption is about. Don't ... 40 fourth graders to be sufficient evidence. Would more students ... results of a laboratory experiment vs the same experiment tested ... -
PT80.S1.Q19 - Politician: Of the candidates running, ThompsonI have some questions about this Q. Some of the information I'm presenting about this question I've only understood after reading forum boards (I don…
... the flaw is an opinion vs. reality flaw; the author ... opinion.
Therefore the assumption is that either 1) "many ... argument goes on to "satisfy sufficient" and then concludes the necessary ... between ppl opposing high taxes vs ppl supporting high taxes, ... -
Rare argument form: the "Tether" assumptionHey everyone, Across my studies, one thing that I have tried to do with LR is to look at arguments as repetitions of older forms of arguments. Tryi…
... nearly every exam: a sufficient/necessary confusion, the valid ... the premise. A necessary assumption here would be that ... 't exactly a necessary assumption because The Jets and ... Going further: around this unstated assumption we can construct: weakening answer ... -
The Sufficient/Necessary Flaw: an approach to maximize pointsHey everyone, This post is intended to be an overview of how the sufficient/necessary flaw appears on the LSAT and how we can develop a system of att…
... my understand of the philosophical principle of Occam’s Razor. ... what makes a sufficient/necessary flaw bad reasoning: sufficient conditions do ... necessary for having that sufficient condition.
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My tip for Foolproofing (from an amateur)I'm writing this post in the hope that it will help me remember to follow my own advice, and perhaps help others as well in the process. Here's m…
... to remember things you understand, vs. rote memorization) thus giving you ... . In addition, I think this principle applies to LSAT studying in ... success, and is possibly a sufficient condition for failure in certain ... -
Necessary Assumption Help!!Hello, I have trouble seeing if something is actually required, even after applying the negation test and asking myself if the AC is giving more t…
... of the following is an assumption required by the argument?
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necessary assumption Q vs Must Be True Questioncan we deal with necessary assumption Q as Must Be True Question?
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Question about Sufficient and Necessary Assumption Negations?Hi everyone, I hope your long weekend is going as good as mine with all this studying going on (simply fantastic). -_- Just a bit of background, I…
... core curriculum. When going through Sufficient and Necessary conditions, I had ... it and make it a sufficient condition.
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Sufficiency vs Necessity --- EC EffortpostNow that the 2020 election is (mostly) behind us, I wanted to share how LR has completely taken over my life. On election night, I couldn't stop thin…
... 't stop thinking about sufficiency vs necessity. Some pundits and social ... and necessity. D failed the sufficient condition. We can't conclude ... -
Necessary for sufficient vs. sufficient for necessary?Is there any difference between the two? If there is, could anyone give an example of how that would look? For example: Premise: A->B Conclus…
... both that it confuses a sufficient condition for being necessary, and ... that a necessary condition is sufficient.
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Principles vs conclusionsHello, I hope everyone is doing well! I am having a little bit of an issue identifying principles vs conclusions when asked to identify certain aspe…
... of an issue identifying principles vs conclusions when asked to identify ... overanalyzing whether it is a principle or the overall conclusion, I ... -
PTF97 S3 Q18 - Murder Prevention vs. PopulationSo I got this question wrong under timed conditions (chose D), but then in blind review had an inkling that answer choice (E) was correct, even thoug…
... city official, because there were sufficient number of cops to deal ... pop increases, taking away the assumption that city official had made ... argument because it exposes the assumption/argument more, but I don ... -
The Hardest LR Question of All Time - Preptest 29 Number 17 LR Studies of the reliability of eyewitnOk, I am joking about this being the hardest LR question of all time. Of course, there have been harder questions, but for some reason, this one took…
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Answers to principle questions sometimes are phrased as ... that often function as sufficient assumptions (PT 54 S2 ... an open mind when doing principle questions.
assumption, simply makes it less ... -
76.4.11: A person who knowingly brings about misfortune...From the stimulus, I got two conditional statements: 1) knowingly brings about misfortune --> should be blamed 2) not knowingly brings about misfor…
... /> --I am thinking that the assumption allowed here is that when ... foreseen the misfortune..that’s sufficient for /B which is what ... .
(C) concludes Blamed. The sufficient condition we are given to ... ? Very off-track from the principle. Bad ac.
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Weaken, Principle and FlawI've gotten to a point where the only types of questions I'm missing are weaken, principle or flaw questions. I usually am on the right path to the c…
PT54.S2.Q18 Although a Principle question, note both Answer A ... (plus adds UI as a sufficient condition) and therefore Must Be ... /> Answer C is compatible (being Assumption doesn't make it incompatible ... -
Negating the Conditional Idea to Existential IdeaHello all, I was wondering what type of questions we’ll see that require us to pick an answer choice where we are negating the conditional idea or wh…
... Of course, denying a Necessary assumption absolutely devastates an argument. And ... to negate a stated Necessary Assumption. That would be the ... being asked for the principle that allows the conclusion ... “unless" means to "negate sufficient" all day long, but if ... -
Trouble Identifying AssumptionsHey everyone, I'm having trouble clearly identifying the assumptions in logical reasoning questions. I understand the difference between necessary…
... understand the difference between necessary vs. sufficient assumptions, overlooked possibilities & mismatched ... , during my timed practices, the assumption is not clicking in my ... -
Is it essential to use "Lawgic" in LR?I understand it is advocated by JY, specifically in MBT, sufficient/pseudo assumption and parallel reasoning questions. Even if one seems to be getti…
... by JY, specifically in MBT, sufficient/pseudo assumption and parallel reasoning questions. Even ... -
Need Help with MSS v. Strengthen, v. Correlation/Causation StrengthenI am stuck on some of the MSS questions, Weaken, and the difference with how to tell MSS and Strengthen apart especially when C/C Strengthen is in pl…
... statement.Ants move above 45 VS. Ants move lower 45. Do ... exact support in stimulus. Your assumption on EFFICIENCY seems reasonable. However ... : First sentence is like an Principle. You can skim details following ... -
Should I be notating premise and conclusion during timed PTs?Hi everyone, Whenever I take practice tests I don't actively parse out the stimulus like JY shows us in the CC. I might make a quick line or circ…
... types such as Argument Part, Sufficient(& Pseudo) Assumption, and other types that ... -
LR - Question Stem & Type - Memorization? List?Hi everyone, I am having trouble identifying question stem types. I often get confused between Strengthen and Must Be True/ Sufficient and Pseudo-…
... states the key terms "principle most justifies" the statements ... 're looking for an assumption that makes the argument ... be true, so the assumption is sufficient. This differs from NA ... indiciatiors like the assumption "required" or what assumption the argument " ... -
PTA.S1.Q15 - Antiwhaling activist: Not all species of whalesHey guys! I was hoping someone could possibly shed some light on this question. My break down of the stimulus is: Conclusion: all whale- hunti…
... mean in terms of a sufficient and necessary condition? I'm ... justify the conclusion with a principle. We aren't given justification ... that we are never given sufficient reason for saving all the ... whale species (i.e. endangered vs. non-endangered ones) when it ... -
What's the most LSAT way to weaken/strengthen this commonly featured argument?premise: Group A took medicine X. premise: Group B did not take medicine X. BUT identical results were found in both groups. conclusion: Hence, X …
The big assumption here is that the author ... results in both groups is sufficient to determine that the medicine ... operating at 50% lung capacity vs on a group of marathons ... , to weaken we deny the assumption, to strengthen we affirm it ... -
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…
... to touch on the conditionality vs causation debate. I just realized ... conclusions carry with them the assumption that there aren't other ... - thereby differentiating it from a sufficient condition - applies to causal premises ... -
Malcom Gladwell takes the LSATBelow is a link to Gladwell's podcast (part 1) where he talks about his experience taking the LSAT. There's still another part to come but the pod en…
... because the scholarship wasn't sufficient for it to not bury ... at the average of expensive vs inexpensive schools) and having as ... rich" there is an implicit assumption language creates that says 'we ... -
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 …
... do realize that the sufficient condition doesn’t match ... talking about Natural Causes vs Non Natural (assumed to ... it must be humans (assumption non natural = human) ...
There is another assumption tying the # of days ... in the CAUSE vs the # days in ...
