Is this one of atypical/rare cases where the answer choice attacks the premise as opposed to the conclusion?

I was down to A and C, and chose C instead. Still unsure which lines exactly define "community". I know usually with this kind of Q, you look at the previous sentence but "medical experts" in the last sentence caught my attention instead. Is C wrong because it says "who shar...

2009yan.wang Wrote:Can anyone explain why C is not correct? Thanks a lot!

The stimulus is indicating that foreign minister's claim cannot be the ONLY cause. It doesn't attempt to invalidate the minister's claim. (C) however indicates that James' reason cannot be true. Conclusion logic mismatch.

Hi guys! I've been practicing questions grouped by question type and noticed quite significant spread in timing. Given 25 questions of same/similar difficulty, on average, it takes about 31-33min for Strengthen whereas for Weaken, it ranges 34-36 min. Is it normal for weakening questions to take mor...

Logical reasoning is the evaluation of arguments, which is really the evaluation of the space between the evidence and the conclusion, not the truth of either claim on their own. This confuses me. Although rare, isn't it possible for correct answers to Weaken questions to address the validity of a ...

But isn't negative correlation also correlation; and hence A B C and D are all correct? I'm trying to understand LSAT's usage of the word correlation. I was wondering the same thing too.... (Since I just watched Forks over knives) 1. chance of getting cancer is correlated with meat consumption --&g...

Quick question that came to mind while working on this question - in LSAT terms, is "would" considered as a "will" (ie. 100% certainty) or more as a "could" in that it may or may not?

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From the above post, I understand why E can be wrong. But my thought process for choosing E was: In a situation in which the life of one person can be saved only by killing another person --> if we save A, we kill (ie. murder) B. if we don't kill B, A dies. Either way, we end up killing either A ...

If D stated "some newspapers already publish the results of medical research before those results have appeared in peer-reviewed journals", would this weaken the argument? This would suggest that even before the completion of the turtle speed peer-review process, public release of some new...

I chose C over E because I considered these as condition 1 and 2 that together make a comprehensive requirement. Not sure if I'm making sense but this was my thought process: C - World Oil Company has made one of the highest offers for PetroNat, but World Oil's ownership structure is so complex that...

First of all, in case you haven't yet heard this from someone else, this is one of the worst games ever. The circular setup is just a really tough variable to deal with. Does this mean I should not be overly concerned about this particular question? I spent half of my day trying different methods t...

Can someone help me explain why it's C? Does C simply refer to reverse causality? Premise: If closely related -> evolved once Conclusion: Not closely related -> evolved more than once Flawed because the author mistakenly reverse the premise to arrive at the conclusion? or is there some other s...

ohthatpatrick Wrote:You said you keep getting D, which means that R cannot live between M and O.

But the second hypothetical you game lets that happen:
2. N/O R M K (P-L, O/N)

We could have
O R M K P L N (for instance)

Aaaaaah can't believe I missed this even after diagramming.... Thank you so much!

Hi! I misinterpreted this question to be a Principle as opposed to a Necessary Assumption. Similar incident happened before where I chose the wrong answer thinking it was a Principle when in fact it was an Inference question. Can someone help me distinguish Principle type questions vs. Necessary ass...

Can someone help me explain why the correct answer is C? I keep getting D. 10. If the Muirs live west of the Kahns, then the Rutans CANNOT live next to both A: K and P B: L and P C: M and P D: M and O E: M and N These are the inferences I came up with: 1. (N O) M K (R P) L 2. N/O R M K (P-L, O/N) I ...

When encountered with orientation questions and you have frames to work with (as above), which is preferred - finding the correct possible answer based on frames OR eliminating wrong answer choices based on each individual rule? I prefer working with frames to find the correct answer as it helps me ...

For 2016 September LSAT, should I even be concerned about this type of LG? I encountered this as I was doing a timed practice exam (I didn't want to waste any recent ones - took an old test just for the sake of coming up with timing strategies). Thank you in advance!

Q: Some people on the finance committee are also on the defense committee, and the majority of people on the defense committee are on the health committee. A1: Some people on the health committee are also on the finance committee. A2: There are some people on the finance committee and some people on...

I'm having troubles understanding why D is the answer for #4. It seems like all the answer choices are correct? This is what I have: N O [L-P-M, R] K or N O [R-K, L-P] M [ ] being the cloud So based on this M can present 6th or 7th just like (E) how K can be 6th or 7th...? Can someone help me out he...

It's the same test form as everyone else. I'm not sure where you were reading that the test is easier overseas, but the test itself is the same. Sorry, the questions won't get any easier if you take the test abroad! On a slightly different perspective of the same issue, there have been questions ra...