LSAT 123 – Section 2 – Question 16

LSAT 123 - Section 2 - Question 16

June 2007

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PT123 S2 Q16
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
A
3%
145
B
16%
149
C
25%
148
D
48%
154
E
8%
147
140
152
164
 +Medium 143.659 +SubsectionEasier

Taylor: Researchers at a local university claim that 61 percent of the information transferred during a conversation is communicated through nonverbal signals. But this claim, like all such mathematically precise claims, is suspect, because claims of such exactitude could never be established by science.

Sandra: While precision is unobtainable in many areas of life, it is commonplace in others. Many scientific disciplines obtain extremely precise results, which should not be doubted merely because of their precision.

Speaker 1 Summary
Taylor concludes that we should be suspicious about the claim that 61% of info transferred during a conversation is communicated nonverbally. This is because that claim is mathematically precise, and we should be suspicious of all mathematically precise claims.

Speaker 2 Summary
Sandra asserts that many scientific disciplines can achieve extremely precise results, and that we should not be suspicious of these claims merely because of their mathematical precision.

Objective
We’re looking for a point of disagreement. The speakers disagree about whether we should suspicious of all mathematically precise claims. Taylor thinks we should. Sandra thinks we shouldn’t.

A
Research might reveal that 61 percent of the information taken in during a conversation is communicated through nonverbal signals.
Sandra has no opinion. She doesn’t express an opinion about the specific claim made by researchers at the university. She only points out that there are some disciplines that can obtain precise results. Whether these researchers are part of those disciplines is unknown.
B
It is possible to determine whether 61 percent of the information taken in during a conversation is communicated through nonverbal signals.
Sandra has no opinion. She doesn’t express an opinion about the specific claim made by researchers at the university. She only points out that there are some disciplines that can obtain precise results. Whether these researchers are part of those disciplines is unknown.
C
The study of verbal and nonverbal communication is an area where one cannot expect great precision in one’s research results.
Sandra has no opinion. She doesn’t express an opinion about the specific claim made by researchers at the university. She only points out that there are some disciplines that can obtain precise results. Whether these researchers are part of those disciplines is unknown.
D
Some sciences can yield mathematically precise results that are not inherently suspect.
This is a point of disagreement. Taylor believes no mathematically precise claims can be established by science. Sandra believes some scientific disciplines can establish mathematically precise claims and that they shouldn’t be considered suspect merely because they’re precise.
E
If inherently suspect claims are usually false, then the majority of claims made by scientists are false as well.
Neither speaker has an opinion about the majority of scientists’ claims.

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