LSAT 103 – Section 3 – Question 06

LSAT 103 - Section 3 - Question 06

September 1998

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT103 S3 Q06	+LR	Weaken +Weak Value Judgment +ValJudg	A 4% 159 B 0% 165 C 1% 155 D 1% 160 E 93% 167	131 140 150	+Easier	148.537 +SubsectionMedium

First legislator: Medical research is predominantly done on groups of patients that include only men. For example, the effects of coffee drinking on health are evaluated only for men, and studies are lacking on hormone treatments for older women. Government-sponsored medical research should be required to include studies of women.

Second legislator: Considerations of male/female balance such as this are inappropriate with respect to research; they have no place in science.

Summarize Argument

The second legislator concludes that considerations of male/female balance have no place in science, since such considerations are inappropriate in research.

Notable Assumptions

The second legislator assumes that what’s inappropriate in research (considerations of male/female balance) have no place in science. He also assumes that considerations of male/female balance wouldn’t helpfully affect the outcomes of the research in question, which may deal with physiological factors that differ between male and female participants.

Government-sponsored research is supported by all taxpayers, both male and female.

We would need a principle telling us that taxpayers should be equally represented in scientific research for this to be true. As it is, the second legislator simply argues that concerns about a male/female balance has no place in science.

Serving as a subject for medical research can provide a patient access to new treatments but also can subject the patient to risks.

We don’t care about the individual participants. We need to weaken the second legislator’s argument about male/female balance considerations.

Government-sponsored medical research is often done in military hospitals or prisons that hold only male residents.

This explains why research is often done only on male participants. We need to know why male/female balance considerations may in fact have a place in science.

The training of male and female scientists does not differ according to their sex.

We’re not interested in scientists. We need to know whether the participants’ sex is relevant to research.

Restriction to males of the patient base on which data are collected results in inadequate science.

Studying on males produces data that falls short of proper science. Thus, considerations about the male/female balance are in fact justified.

LSAT 103 – Section 3 – Question 06

LSAT 103 - Section 3 - Question 06

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