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High scorers: What is your LR timing and certainty strategy? How to go from -3 to -0?I've been averaging -3 per LR section, though sometimes I do as well as -1 and other times I hit -5. I find that I've been getting a lot faster. …
... of the structure of the argument?
that's ... to _really_ know which phrase or even _word_ the strengthen/weaken ... written by someone just trying to explain away the credited ... -phrasing actually leads one to pick an attractive but incorrect answer ... -
AssumptionsAnyone have any good advice on how to recognize assumptions better? I feel like a lot of my LR answers are wrong because I can't figure out the assum…
... the argument makes an unwarranted leap from the premises to the ... other reverse statement would further weaken the argument.
... figure out the assumptions in an argument is:
1. ID ... support or do not support an argument, you can find the ... -
Survey: Which is the most confusing LR question you have come across in a Practice Test?If a few questions recur, I might edit this post to include a poll!
... feels like a ridiculous jump to weaken the conclusion.
"Professor: One cannot frame an accurate conception..."
One ... simple, but is difficult to move on from with ... is difficult to do definitively. Is the argument cogent, is ... -
Cycle Recap: Yale-Bound!I’m incredibly grateful to the 7Sage community for helping me get to his point—I’m absolutely thrilled to be attending my dream school. This is a tru…
... indicators belong in, logical fallacies, argument types, some LG tips... I ... curriculum/doing drills for maybe an hour or two. I would ... changed an answer. OH--and I had to justify my reasoning to ... bit of a model to think of ways to leverage your lifestyle into ... -
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…
... type of argument the stimulus is making before trying to weaken/strengthen? ... helps get to the right answer. You look for an answer ... effect without cause;
3) an alternate cause;
4) reversal ... job is to exploit that gap and pick an answer choice ... -
Weakening questionsI am really struggling with weakening questions anyone have any tips or can lend any help to help me over come this?
... of the argument.
Once you have an understanding of ... how the argument is moving from the premises to ... is not to weaken the conclusion. Your goal is to weaken the reasoning ... if it is a causal argument where the conclusion is " ... -
PT8.S4.Q11 - The sea population in the North SeaI don't understand how ac A strengthens the argument. Can someone please explain?
... /> We need to find a way to strengthen the gaps in ... sense of relativity given to help us assume their ... it were true it will weaken the argument
C. ... E. This weakens our argument. If this is true then ... seal deaths are not an anomaly. This AC proves ... -
Feeling DiscouragedHey everyone - I started studying for the LSAT in January and have been putting in 10-20 hours a week. I first began with Mike Kim's LSAT trainer and…
... turn inform you how to weaken/strengthen the argument
#2 is ... comes down to your ability to pull apart the parts of an argument and ... identify the nature of the relationships between the argument ... -
PT72.S3.Q7 - In one study hospital patients' immune systemI'm not sure if this is the correct place? Are we allowed to ask questions about individual questions? If it's not allowed (sorry!) let me know and I…
... going to have to ask y'all to explain this to me ... like I'm a 3 yo because there is an ... in flaw questions is to weaken the link between P ... whose tendency to laugh was greater to begin with ... argument clearly states that patients with a greater tendency to ... -
PT31.S2.Q19 - "If the flowers Drew received..."**#help** **Question link:** https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-31-section-2-question-19/ Ok, I'm all on board with the correct answer an…
... against an argument claiming the opposite about what is likely to happen ... strong evidence _against_ any argument that claims Dentist S ... we can properly strengthen or weaken an ARG even if we don ... us with enough information to determine whether this might ... -
PT31.S2.Q19 - "If the flowers Drew received..."**#help** **Question link:** https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-31-section-2-question-19/ Ok, I'm all on board with the correct answer an…
... to revisit this A/C, not as something that would weaken ... of deliveries never failed to make an incorrect delivery before." This ... while also not potentially weaken, due precisely to its vagueness. This ... . (B) certainly does what an argument-weakening A/C must: it ... -
PT81.S3.Q16 - Tenants who do not haveHi, I really struggle to see why (A) doesn't weaken the first sentence in the stimulus "Tenants who do not have to pay their own electricity bills do…
... fair way (LSAT wise) to attack the argument, we must attack the ... correct answer it points that an alternative solution, tenants who don ... if they what will happen to this current practice that already ... level of doubt is enough to weaken the question. -
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 …
... like that to repair the damage.
"Merely" weakening an argument is ... 't. If you can weaken the argument, then the argument isn't valid. -
PT9.S4.Q22 - When butterfat was considered nutritiousThis is a weakening question and I was so lost. I ended up picking an answer choice that I was 90% certain was wrong just to be sure my eyes would go…
... to eat healthier diets; an additional benefit for manufacturers would not weaken the argument ... contributing factors does not weaken the author’s argument.
Answer ... eating imitation butter does nothing to weaken the claim that we should ... -
Posting on Behalf of a 7Sage User: Is there any advice on Weakening questions?**[I am posting on behalf of a 7Sage user. Please feel free to leave your comments below. Thank you for your help!]** Is there any extra advice yo…
... job is to read a stimulus and choose an answer choice ... on the connection the argument is trying to make between the ... questions, the answer is to find the assumption they are ... an additional factor that they're not considering that would weaken the argument ... -
PT6.S3.Q17 - Samples from the floor of a rock shelter...I picked C initially but I am confused as to why and how A is the correct answer and how that information could be deduced? **Admin Note: Edited …
... ago). So the skeptics offer an alternative explanation: the old ... So we are looking for an answer that makes the skeptics ... since our task is to weaken the skeptics argument this answer fails at ... human activity this does not **weaken** the Skeptics who are ... -
PT15.S2.Q21 -- Why is this question considered a strengthen question? The question gives you an initial claim as well as a principle to go with it. The stem asks for you to pick an AC that could be appropriately use…
... You are indeed trying to counter, or weaken a claim, namely ... at hand, aka strengthening an argument that will weaken another, I think ... did not, then according to the principle, the individual ... because it was beneficial to these powerful foreign companies. -
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…
... worse than others. So to strengthen our argument, we would say ... think you'd want to get rid of an inevitable health risk ... . You could likely force this to ... is to strengthen it.
> And does D weaken the argument ... -
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…
... worse than others. So to strengthen our argument, we would say ... think you'd want to get rid of an inevitable health risk ... . You could likely force this to ... > And does D weaken the argument because it provides a potential ... -
PT28.S3.Q11 - A rise in the percentage of all 18-year-olds who...Is this a correlation-causation argument because it assumes that the increase in high school dropouts is the only thing that is causing the increase …
... outs have nothing or little to do with the recruitment ... This answer choice doesn't weaken the premise-conclusion link for ... of graduates were recruited (compared to '80), and the high school ... answer choice A). It makes an argument that graduates make a higher ... -
PT28.S3.Q11 - A rise in the percentage of all 18-year-olds who...Is this a correlation-causation argument because it assumes that the increase in high school dropouts is the only thing that is causing the increase …
... This answer choice doesn't weaken the premise-conclusion link for ... of graduates were recruited (compared to '80), and the high ... answer choice A). It makes an argument that graduates make a higher ... percentage could still be due to high school dropouts
... -
Attacking sub-conclusions?In arguments, we're supposed to take premises as facts and question the conclusions. But intermediate conclusions are both used as premises (to suppo…
... you were trying to evaluate the validity of an argument? Is is ... acceptable to attack or challenge ... a sub-conclusion? Assume we have a weaken ... question-- would we ever see an instance of ... -
PT10.S1.Q19 - Need new perspective about answer choice (C)I'm a little confused about the relationship between the taxes and bus fare in this stimulus. In the first sentence, when it says bus fares are subsi…
... taxes would make them irrelevant to the argument
> < ... that would disadvantage them would weaken the argument.
> < ... taxes would make them irrelevant to the argument
> < ... provides an additional consideration, aka they want to make ... -
PT28.S3.Q11 - A rise in the percentage of all 18-year-olds who...Is this a correlation-causation argument because it assumes that the increase in high school dropouts is the only thing that is causing the increase …
... recruits compared to drop-outs, it weakens the argument that drop ... in number is equal to an increase/decrease in percentage ... This answer choice doesn't weaken the premise-conclusion link for ... choice A). It makes an argument that graduates make a higher ... -
High 160's Brick WallTo start, I have been studying approximately 4 months. I started with a 154 diagnostic last August but only studied the month of December 2020 and si…
... time understanding the form of an argument, when it's slightly ... , to be great (and consistent) particularly in NA/SA/Strengthen/Weaken, ... you have to be able to frame conclusion ... you'd have to in order to teach it to someone else, ... -
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…
... by any chance? Keeping an answer journal is extremely ... stimulus/misread something, aim to do stimulus translation drills. ... answer choices, try to do drills to identify any unwarranted ... that wants you to strengthen/weaken hypothesis, argument by analogy, common ... -
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…
... by any chance? Keeping an answer journal is extremely useful ... answer choices, try to do drills to identify any unwarranted ... question that wants you to strengthen/weaken hypothesis, argument by analogy, common ... go ham on strengthen/weaken/flaw questions in the ... -
PT64.S1.Q17 - The mosaics removed from Zeugma?I didn't understand the explanation for the right/wrong answer choices on this one at all. Can anyone help? I initially chose (C) on my PT and I stil…
... type. We are looking for an answer choice that will guarantee ... /> A. This answer is close to an NA answer but NA answers ... only reasons, it would weaken the argument by showing that they cannot ... return the item to the spot ... -
Stuck at 169 trying to get to 173+ before OctoberHi everyone, I am retaking the test in October. I am currently stuck at 169-170 on my PTs. I am really hoping to get that up to 173+ by the Octob…
... gt;
> -1 is an acceptable margin of error, maybe ... your LR section happens to have an impossibly difficult question ... pt 1 s2 q13:
Argument blah blah blah false dichotomy ... people tend to think of strengthen and weaken questions as opposites ... -
PT22.S4.Q13 "causal claim" vs. "if then" statementHey guys, How can we tell the difference between a causal assertion and a “if then” statement? I chose D by intuition, but I did struggle for …
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**Prephrase**: [it's an assumption argument, what is missing here? How ... poses a threat to safe driving" could be an if/then ... looking for an answer choice that links the premises to the ... sounds like you are trying to weaken something (the idea that ...
