LSAT 144 – Section 3 – Question 22

LSAT 144 - Section 3 - Question 22

October 2015

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT144 S3 Q22	+LR +Exp	Must be true +MBT Quantifier +Quant	A 1% 147 B 1% 151 C 90% 163 D 6% 156 E 2% 154	136 144 152	+Medium	145.106 +SubsectionEasier

In marketing their products, drug companies often send gifts to physicians. According to a recent survey, most physicians believe that their own choices when prescribing drugs are not influenced by drug companies’ gifts. The same survey indicates that the majority of physicians believe that most other physicians’ prescription choices are influenced by such gifts.

Summary

Drug companies often send gifts to physicians when marketing their products. Most physicians believe that their choices when prescribing drugs are not influenced by drug companies’ gifts. However, most physicians also believe most other physicians’ prescription choices are influenced by such gifts.

Notable Valid Inferences

Some physicians incorrectly believe either that their choices are not influenced by drug companies’ gifts or that most other physicians’ choices are influenced by such gifts.

Physicians who do not accept gifts from drug companies are less likely to prescribe unnecessary drugs than those who do accept such gifts.

Could be false. We don’t have any information in the stimulus about the likelihood of physicians prescribing unnecessary drugs to make this comparison.

Most physicians believe that drug companies should adopt new guidelines that regulate their practices in sending gifts to physicians.

Could be false. We don’t have any information in the stimulus about what most physicians believe in regards to drug companies’ guidelines.

Some physicians are mistaken either about the degree to which they are influenced by gifts from drug companies or about the degree to which such gifts influence other physicians.

Must be true. If most physicians believe both that they are not influenced by gifts and that most other physicians are influenced by gifts, then there must be some overlap between the groups and some physicians must hold a mistaken belief.

Some physicians who admit that their own choices when prescribing drugs are influenced by drug companies’ gifts believe that other physicians’ prescription choices are influenced to a greater degree by such gifts.

Could be false. The stimulus is restricted to physicians that believe their own choices are not influenced by drug companies’ gifts. We don’t have any information in the stimulus about physicians who admit their choices are influenced by these gifts.

All physicians who admit that their own choices when prescribing drugs are influenced by drug companies’ gifts believe that most other physicians’ prescription choices are also influenced by such gifts.

LSAT 144 – Section 3 – Question 22

LSAT 144 - Section 3 - Question 22

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