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LR - Meeting your blind review scores (advice needed)Hi everyone, Just not sure if you have any tips, advice, personal experiences that you could share with respect to how you met your blind review s…
... can be used on a question that you will have a ... /> For example, sometimes a necessary assumption question wont click and I might spend 4 ... it and get it wrong, but a longer parallel flaw question might ... , and there is no reason to waste time on a question you ... -
PT88.S2.Q15 - Many investors are putting money into stocksWhen I took this test, I was debating between AC B and C; unfortunately, I picked AC B. Why is AC B incorrect? is it bc we can't assume that investme…
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Necessary assumption question.
The argument ... If you negate this, and attitudes do greatly vary between ... investors and voters, it seriously undermines ... for a long time and I hope this explanation ... -
Necessary Assumption StruggleHi guys, I am writing the exam in January. I am still struggling with Necessary Assumption questions. I have gone through the core curriculum twice…
... are two flavors of necessary assumption there are bridgers and defenders. Let's ... with a defender. A defender assumption defends the argument from potentially ... /> 2. Know the difference between sufficient and necessary
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Tips and tricks for Necessary Assumption questions?I'm at the NA section of the core curriculum (almost done the problem sets) and so far these are the hardest question type for me. What are some …
... but I have found that necessary assumption questions are easier for me ... I know that A, B and C are true according to ... the stimulus and that the author believes that ... tests when many of the necessary assumption question can be broken down into ... -
Questions about Logical Opposites, i.e negationIf I negate "all", it becomes "not all." But doesn't "not all" imply two distinct possibilities, namely, "some" and "none"? If I negate the statement…
... LSAT 46 - Section 3 - Question 15 (Necessary Assumption Question). The correct answer for this ... with contributing to societal good." And so, I understood it as ... reading your tips for 170+ and found it to be very ... -
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…
... for for your prefered question type this way, ... are your most feared question, are you really ... look for a necessary assumption question? What if necessary assumption which you ... think is your best question type has only 4 and ... -
Knowing which LR questions to go back to during timed PT after 1st round?Hi guys, I just finished the CC and took a diagnostic June 2007 timed PT. 160 timed and 170 - 174 BR. My target is 172 - 175. I also just fini…
... questions fairly early on and the last question might be fairly ... question before I come back to question #15 if that question is a necessary assumption question ... where I read the stimulus and ... -
PT7.S1.Q14 - marine biologists had hypothesizedI am having hard time to see the relevance of the answer E. And I have no idea why B is wrong. :( Can anyone explain me why E is right and B is wro…
... along later and needs clarification.
Q14 is a Necessary Assumption question. Therefore ... is a NA question and not a SA question, I still find ... 3 months? Our hypothesis and conclusion have nothing to do ... say X -> Y and you show me an example ... -
Very strong correlation and bi-conditionalsHi guys, hope you all are doing well! I'm wondering if a strong correlation like "the more X, the less Y" could be diagrammed as a bi-conditional …
... /> That is a very interesting question, although I am inclined to ... a biconditional A is both sufficient and necessary for B.
I ... two conditionals. (A ---> B ) and (B ---> A).
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NA vs SAWhat is the primary difference between Necessary Assumption Qs and Sufficient Assumption Qs? Both are required to make the argument valid but I'm not…
... in the negative (a blocking necessary assumption). Notice here that these type ... one single core assumption: that assumption could be both sufficient and necessary. More than likely ... in a way that is necessary and not sufficient.
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Necessary Assumption helpHello, I have been struggling with necessary assumptions for a surprisingly unnecessary amount of time and still I cannot totally understand the conc…
... to wreck the argument and render the argument invalid. ... will happen and that is why common correct necessary assumption questions ... argument:
Jack and Bill are running a marathon ... choice for the above Necessary assumption question is something that must ... -
Necessary Assumption helpHello, I have been struggling with necessary assumptions for a surprisingly unnecessary amount of time and still I cannot totally understand the conc…
Jack and Bill are running a marathon. ... strong answer choice for a necessary assumption, but could be an answer ... correct answer choice for the Necessary Assumption question type is an answer choice ... be guaranteed. For the marathon question, for Bill to win the ... -
The "Just Because" Test: A framework for Evaluating ArgumentsThe vast majority of LR questions turn on your ability to see the gap between premise and conclusion. If you can understand why the premise is good o…
... argument this way, even strengthen and necessary assumption questions. For strengthen questions I ... try to weaken the argument and in strengthening it I am ... I do or only for question types like weaken? -
The "Just Because" Test: A framework for Evaluating ArgumentsThe vast majority of LR questions turn on your ability to see the gap between premise and conclusion. If you can understand why the premise is good o…
... this way, even strengthen and necessary assumption questions. For strengthen questions ... I do or only for question types like weaken?
... applied broadly for any question type involving an argument. ... to take a question involving an argument and then find ... -
The "Just Because" Test: A framework for Evaluating ArgumentsThe vast majority of LR questions turn on your ability to see the gap between premise and conclusion. If you can understand why the premise is good o…
... argument this way, even strengthen and necessary assumption questions. For strengthen questions I ... try to weaken the argument and in strengthening it I am ... I do or only for question types like weaken?
HELP I can't understand this question no matter where I look.If someone could help me with this question and show why every AC is wrong and why the right one is right it would be very helpful. PT 2 S2 Questio…
... your knowledge of sufficient and necessary conditions. Forest disappearing ... question stem wants an answer that is consistent with the biologist and ... doing is denying the sufficient, which invalid argument ... need to. And thats how a sufficient condition should ...NA QuestionsCan someone please explain these to me. I don't understand them at all and I have reviewed the lesson over and over again. I always end up picking th…
... understand the difference between sufficient and necessary assumptions, so I'll ... sufficient assumption answer choices tend to be stronger than necessary assumption answers, and ... instances where an assumption can be both necessary and sufficient at the ...New to 7Sage - questionHey everyone! So I have been going through some of the free trial material and I think have decided that I will be signing up for ultimate+. My quest…
... you notice you miss every Necessary Assumption question on the test, for ... and addressed that. Otherwise, you'll almost certainly just miss every Necessary Assumption question ... again and be no better off ...PT8.S4.Q18 - Deer populationI think the correct AC is drawing a super fine stretch. Please explain to me why this AC is correct. Critics have charged that the hormone is a healt…
... but this is an NA question and it is pretty clear. Viewing ... take the stimulus as true and for Weakening you can ... /> Most arguments are not perfect and usually have gaps in their ... is the main goal of necessary assumption question type.
Back ...Stuck in the 140'sStuck in the 140's, I've been studying non-stop and I feel like my efforts are in vain since I'm not making any progress. Mostly struggling in RC an…
... premise(s) and conclusion(s) in every lsat question you can, ... would work on the logic Sufficient and necessary conditions along with the ... relationship between the premise and conclusion so the conclusion ... outside sources on science and economics to help get ...PT3.S2.Q23 - DNA fingerprintingCan someone explain their reasoning for the right answer? I have a general intuition as to why this is correct, but am having a difficult time articu…
... chance.
Premise (Assumption): Each part of the pattern ... . Think in terms of sufficient and necessary. If you have one ... . Doesn’t address the assumption. The theory behind interpreting ... Doesn’t relate to the assumption. This would not affect ...PT39.S4.Q4: Why am I so terrible at necessary assumption questions?I thought the argument was a causal conclusion because of “increases.” Since the argument goes from correlation to causation, isn’t one of the assump…
... gives us a correlation (premise) and a conclusion based on that ...
This is a necessary assumption question, so it wants you to ... find an assumption that the argument needs to ... , but it's not a necessary assumption. B does not have to ...PT39.S4.Q4: Why am I so terrible at necessary assumption questions?I thought the argument was a causal conclusion because of “increases.” Since the argument goes from correlation to causation, isn’t one of the assump…
... us a correlation (premise) and a conclusion based on that ...
> This is a necessary assumption question, so it wants you to ... but it's not a necessary assumption. B does not have to ... that tv correlates with obesity and then concluding that a specific ...How do you ace the really difficult LR questions?So I'm trying to improve on my LR and I usually have the most trouble with the most difficult LR questions (4 or 5 stars). A common question type her…
... you getting all the easy and the medium questions correct? If ... above are good. Also your sufficient and necessary skills must be spot on ... and to diagram can get you through a tough question. If ...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…
... the back pain question was the use of "sufficient" and "necessary" because I wasn ... or causal type question. And so I found A and B incredibly difficult ... disks are not necessary for pain but may be sufficient? I thought ...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…
... the back pain question was the use of "sufficient" and "necessary" because I wasn ... or causal type question. And so I found A and B incredibly difficult ... disks are not necessary for pain but may be sufficient? I thought ...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…
... the back pain question was the use of "sufficient" and "necessary" because I wasn ... or causal type question. And so I found A and B incredibly difficult ... disks are not necessary for pain but may be sufficient? I thought ...Help Comprehending StimulusHello everyone, I've noticed that one of my main problems (other than timing, which I hope will come with time - pun intended) is not understandin…
... of their program that contrapositives, sufficient and necessary, and numeric inferences got me. I ... in understanding for a few question types. I will continue to ... get -3 and get to each question, others -9 and also miss out ...ARC AC's -- Causal ArgumentsI seem to be confused on which questions types to expect Alternative-Reversal-Coincidence answer choices when dealing with a causal argument. Is thi…
... appear in Flaw questions and Necessary Assumption questions when the underlying ... ." If this were a necessary assumption question, the correct answer could ... question:
"A is strongly correlated with B, and ... be causing both A and B. Yet, scientists ...Sufficient → Conclusion → NecessaryDoes this mean that the sufficient alone is enough for the conclusion to be drawn and once the conclusion can be drawn, the necessary is a must?
... a statement is a sufficient assumption and/or a necessary assumption, we're really speaking ... when something is a sufficient and/or necessary assumption. This can be a ... /> Is the following statement a sufficient and/or necessary assumption? "I will get a ...
