LSAT 133 – Section 3 – Question 02

LSAT 133 - Section 3 - Question 02

June 2011

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT133 S3 Q02
+LR
Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw
Sampling +Smpl
A
2%
154
B
1%
153
C
1%
151
D
93%
163
E
4%
158
127
137
146
 +Easier 147.69 +SubsectionMedium

Artist: Almost everyone in this country really wants to be an artist even though they may have to work other jobs to pay the rent. After all, just about everyone I know hopes to someday be able to make a living as a painter, musician, or poet even if they currently work as dishwashers or discount store clerks.

Summarize Argument
The artist concludes that almost everyone in the country wants to be an artist. This is based on the observation that most people the artist knows want to be artists.

Identify and Describe Flaw
This is a cookie-cutter unrepresentative sampling flaw. The artist draws a conclusion about everyone in the country based on an observation about the people the artist knows. But an artist’s social circle is more likely to include people who want to be artists compared to the general public, so their life goals are probably not representative of the goals of the general population of the country.

A
contains a premise that presupposes the truth of the conclusion
The artist’s conclusion is not based on any premises that presuppose or restate the conclusion.
B
presumes that what is true of each person in a country is also true of the country’s population as a whole
The artist doesn’t presume that something that is true of each person in a country is true of the country’s population as a whole.
C
defends a view solely on the grounds that the view is widely held
The artist doesn’t use the popularity of any view as support for a conclusion.
D
bases its conclusion on a sample that is unlikely to accurately represent people in the country as a whole
The argument uses the small sample of the artist’s friends to support its conclusion about the people in the country as a whole. An artist’s friends are not likely to represent the whole country when it comes to the goal of being an artist.
E
fails to make a needed distinction between wanting to be an artist and making a living as an artist
This distinction isn’t necessary to the argument. It’s clear that what the artist is talking about is wanting a career as an artist in either case.

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