LSAT 113 – Section 2 – Question 03

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June 2002

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve This gives you an idea of how this question is “curved”— in other words, what level of scorer is likely to get this question right. It shows a model of scaled LSAT score vs probability of getting the question correct. It is based on student test results for each question. The gray bar extends from the score for a 25% chance, to the score for a 75% chance of getting the question correct. The black line in the middle is the score for a 50% chance of getting the question correct. The percentage at the right is the expected chance of someone with the same score as you on that PrepTest getting that question correct	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT113 S2 Q03	+LR	Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw Conditional Reasoning +CondR	A 3% 153 B 87% 160 C 3% 153 D 3% 152 E 3% 152	127 138 149	+Easier	147.106 +SubsectionMedium

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Joan got A’s on all her homework assignments, so if she had gotten an A on her term paper, she could pass the course even without doing the class presentation. Unfortunately, she did not get an A on her term paper, so it is obvious that she will have to do the class presentation to pass the course.

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that Joan will have to do the class presentation to pass the course. He supports this by saying that if she’d gotten an A on her term paper, she could pass the course without doing the presentation, but she didn’t get an A on her term paper.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This is the flaw of mistaking sufficiency for necessity. The author treats “A on term paper” as necessary for “pass without presentation.” But in his premises, “A on term paper” is merely sufficient. So not getting an A on the term paper tells us nothing about whether she can pass the course without doing the presentation.

Maybe there are other ways Joan can pass the course without doing the presentation. For example, maybe if she got a B on the term paper, she’ll still pass without doing the presentation.

ignores the possibility that Joan must either have an A on her term paper or do the class presentation to pass the course

Like (D), the author doesn't ignore this possibility. In fact, he mistakenly assumes that it’s the only possibility. He assumes that Joan has to either have an A on the paper or do the presentation in order to pass.

presupposes without justification that Joan’s not getting an A on her term paper prevents her from passing the course without doing the class presentation

The author assumes without justification that just because Joan didn’t get an A on her term paper, she can’t pass the course without doing the presentation. But maybe there are other ways, like getting a B on the paper, that Joan can still pass without doing the presentation.

overlooks the importance of class presentations to a student’s overall course grade

The author isn’t concerned about Joan’s overall course grade. He only discusses whether or not she’ll pass the course.

ignores the possibility that if Joan has to do the class presentation to pass the course, then she did not get an A on her term paper

Like (A), the author doesn't ignore this possibility. He claims that if she needs the presentation to pass, then she didn’t get an A on the paper.

fails to take into account the possibility that some students get A’s on their term papers but do not pass the course

Other students’ outcomes are irrelevant. The argument is only addressing Joan.

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