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Strengthen Questions and Weaken QuestionsHello All, I'm concerned with my performance with Strengthen and Weaken Questions. I am struggling with these two question types to the point whe…
... concerned with my performance with Strengthen and Weaken Questions. I am ... the technique of finding the assumption from stimulus but that just ... how I can find the assumption. The weird thing is that ... overcome this difficulty with the assumption technique. -
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…
... that will either weaken or strengthen the existing support structure provided ... we supposed to draw an assumption that the R plant in ... we had to draw a assumption that this wouldn’t be ... possibility to weaken if the assumption that the author was using ... -
SA/PSA and Strengthening questionsCan someone please critique my understanding of the distinction between Strengthen and SA questions? I think it something like this: strengthen ques…
... understanding of the distinction between Strengthen and SA questions?
I ... think it something like this: strengthen questions merely require introducing a ... conclusion. Essentially, an assumption that from it is sufficient to know the ... -
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 …
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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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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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Can a necessary assumption answer be a strengthening answer?In other words, does a necessary assumption of an argument strengthens the argument? For example, if a stimulus argue that environmental factors caus…
... other words, does a necessary assumption of an argument strengthens the ... it does, do all NA strengthen it’s pertaining arguments? -
PT1.S3.Q9 - Environmentally damaging accidentsStimulus 1. Fines against environmental accidents are so high that it costs more to pay the fine than prevent the incident. 2. If a business value…
... realized that I made an assumption when choosing 'D' as ... business may meet the sufficient condition of _"values their ... me, you made an assumption if you selected this answer ... could actually strengthen the argument. If businesses meet the sufficient condition ... -
Necessary Assumption Questions Help!Hi everyone! I have a question regarding necessary assumption questions. I am trying to get a better understanding of NA questions, since this is the…
... have a question regarding necessary assumption questions. I am trying to ... that seem relevant and may strengthen the argument, but are not ... -
What are the most common question types on LR?What are the most common question types on LR, as in the types such as weakening, principle etc that appear the most often on the test. We know what …
... identifying assumptions. Besides the technical assumption questions (sufficient and necessary), other questions ... this ability. For example, a strengthen question can be relying on ... -
strengthen questionsI am really confused on strengthen LR questions (assumption family). So I learned that if you attack strengthen questions fhe same way as "must be tr…
... careful reading while I practice strengthen hahaha
... the negation technique on strengthen questions. Negation only works ...
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Strengthen as weaken the opposite conclusion?Do you feel that it can be helpful to sometimes view strengthen questions as weakening the opposite of the conclusion, and vice-versa? And when I say…
... approach is dangerous. It's sufficient for easier weaken questions but ... thing about weaken/strengthen question is to tackle the assumption, and it ... conclusion without regards to the assumption. -
Need Advice, a Miracle or maybe JesusHello All, I am one those people that when in a group chat, I just let everyone talk and occasionally respond with a "yes" or "no." Similarly, I h…
... find the conclusion/main point, strengthen and weaken and argument? Conditional ... understand conditional logic and sufficient and necessary assumption indicators. After I went ... -
Beliefs v. FactsI've only come across this type of flaw a few times, but I'd like to understand the structure behind it. The explanation and example offered in the c…
... 's an assumption the stimulus makes. To weaken or strengthen this argument ... ;complex sugars. You meet the sufficient in P2. How does the ... -
Beliefs v. FactsI've only come across this type of flaw a few times, but I'd like to understand the structure behind it. The explanation and example offered in the c…
... 's an assumption the stimulus makes. To weaken or strengthen this argument ... ;complex sugars. You meet the sufficient in P2. How does the ... -
Still stuck at a 145 trying to get at least a 150 in two weeksSo I have done just a few PT's now and I keep getting 145s. I miss early questions in LR that I am trying to fine tune and I miss about 8 to 10 quest…
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> 1. Strengthen 40 questions 15.6%
> 4. Assumption 29 questions 11.4%
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... that curiosity alone is not sufficient, but Varela provides many ... you have to make an assumption that Barbara is providing critique ... 't see how D would strengthen the argument.
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... if a partial rethinking is sufficient.
E says giving ... that curiosity alone is not sufficient, but Varela provides many cases ... , you have to make an assumption that Barbara is providing critique ... 't see how D would strengthen the argument.
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How to do flaw q when you can't see the flaw/prephaseI know JY advises against moving onto the ACs without coming up with a prephase for flaw questions, but there are unfortunately usually 2-3 flaw ques…
... ways can you spot a sufficient/necessary flaw? How many ... by not using the words "sufficient" and "necessary"? What exactly ... the description of the sufficient/necessary flaw on PT ... a look at old strengthen/weakening/necessary assumption/parallel the flaw ... -
PT61.S4.Q4 - In polluted industrial English citiesHi all, Sorry for not posting this in the question itself. I have premium so I'm not able to access all the explanations. I’m not understanding…
... the stimulus is to strengthen the assumption that correlation between ... one that helps support that assumption.
To ... sufficient. I think that can be the hard part about strengthen ... that would strengthen that aspect of the assumption. Doing a ... -
Pre-PhraseHow do you pre-phrase correctly? I notice that when I get an answer wrong and I look at someone else pre-phrase that they was right on. I tried the p…
... -phrase the Flaw and Necessary Assumption questions. For example, in Flaw ... if it falls under a sufficient-necessary flaw, correlation flaw, illegal ... such as modern Weaken and Strengthen questions that have really unexpected ... -
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-…
... /conclusion.
With PSA, Strengthen, and SA question types you ... already stated in the stimulus. Strengthen generally states "Which one of ... must be true, so the assumption is sufficient. This differs from NA ... -
Last minute life decisionsHi there, I'm stuck in what to do before the clock strikes midnight tonight. I have taken 10 PTs within the last 2 months and am scoring between …
... on drilling Flaw, Strengthen, Weaken, PSA and Sufficient, and Necessary Assumption questions. After ... -
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 ... , to weaken we deny the assumption, to strengthen we affirm it.
A strengthen answer here might be: “The ... -
Advice needed - 4 weeks before test dayI am registered for the October LSAT and have been studying for the last 3 months. For the most part, I have put 3 to 3.5 hours in daily (sometimes m…
... are to get the 'sufficient' or 'necessary' assumption questions right). You need ... describe flaws in arguments, and strengthen/weaken them. Do a TON ... -
The Assumption FamilySo I did a little experiment and did 3 questions from each Logical Reasoning stem and found that no matter how hard I try I keep getting Strengthenin…
... Strengthening, Weakening, and Necessary Assumption questions wrong. It is ...
For strengthen and weaken questions you want ... br />
For Necessary assumption answer choices:
Step ... means there is a sufficient. The sufficient is "if the ... -
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…
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Premise (Assumption): Each part of the pattern ... . Think in terms of sufficient and necessary. If you ... answers:
(A) Maybe strengthen. Ignores the genetic material everyone ... . Doesn’t address the assumption. The theory behind interpreting ... -
What made LR click for you? struggling.I take the November test and I'm still missing -12 to -15 on every LR section.
... argument whether it's flaw, strengthen, weaken, NA, SA, PSA. If ... "ah this makes a necessary/sufficient switch" (or whatever the case ... to understand what kind of assumption/content you need, but now ... passage. You can't weaken/strengthen a conclusion if you don ... -
LR Q Stem Confusion (MBT, MSS, PSA, SA, NA, etc)Hello, 7Sagers! I seem to have a difficult time committing to memory the differences in language for Q stems in Logical Reasoning for MBT, MSS, PSA, …
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Strengthen vs. MSS: The answer choices ... in a Strengthen Q will affect the ...
SA/PSA vs NA: Sufficient assumptions will affect the stimulus ... true questions. A necessary assumption being the right AC won ... -
Summarizing LR Question TypesHi, I was just wondering if anyone has created a list of the LR question types and what the anticipated correct answer/ anticipated wrong answer look…
... alter it):
--Flaw
--Strengthen
--Weaken
--Resolve Reconcile ... of Reasoning; Parallel Flaw)
--Assumption (Necessary; Sufficient)
--Inference (Must Be ...
