So this is a "describe" question in which we are asked what does Senator Strongwood do in advancing his argument? When looking at the answer choices I thought of picking (B), then looked back at the stimulus, and (C) started to make more sense out of the other AC's. To my dismay, (B) was w...

This is part of a two-question stem, but the one I'm referring to is the "Describe the Argument" question, Q8 to clarify. Correct Answer: (C) The Paleontologist responds to the Ornithologist by rejecting his supporting evidence for the conclusion that the Archeopteryx was probably a tree-d...

I just wanted to add to this by saying answer choice (A) may have tripped up a few others as did myself. (A) is very similar to (D), but you have to pay close attention to the wording. I think this was preying on students who were moving through the questions too quickly. (A) says that Diatoms are a...

Just wanted to throw my thought process out there on this question to see if it helps anyone else or needs some adjusting! Comments are much appreciated :) Correct answer: (D) Question type: Flaw The core of the argument is that it moves from a correlation to causation. But we get the cause and effe...

This one was fairly easy for me, but as I'm gearing up for the upcoming LSAT, I wanted to get a thorough explanation for each logical reasoning question I come across. Correct answer: (D) Question type: Disagree For these types of questions, I like to make mental notes about what the 2nd person says...

This question was fairly easy to me but I'm in the process of breaking down each question on this practice test as the September LSAT draws nearer. Correct Answer: (A) Question type: Flaw The error in the argument is that we see a correlation moving to a causal conclusion. The argument states that d...

The thought process stated above is great! But to move a little faster on main point/conclusion questions, it's best to think outside the stimulus as bbirdwell suggests. Being weary of first and last sentences (they are often not the main point) and identifying each sentence definitely helps you mov...

I got this answer right because I spotted there was a problem with the sufficient/necessary condition in the stimulus. However, the prompt says "...because it fails to establish that," so wouldn't it make sense for the correct answer choice to read "...a well paid police force is nece...

WaltGrace, I think you're on the right track, and I've seen other posts of yours that have been helpful so you may have improved from the time you posted this! There is indeed a huge jump from what to do with the radioactive waste, then concluding that everything should just be shut down. The flaw i...

I think I read into describe questions a little too much. I thought that (E) suited the argument because the stimulus says "that those people with the least skill..." I took this to say that this principle couldn't be applied to all people, hence "uniformly applied" in (E).

I was able to eliminate most answer choices and got stuck between D and E. I felt that the strong language ("only") should've put up a red flag for me but I didn't think E summarized the passage as well as D did. Can anyone help explain why E is the better choice?

I'm hoping someone will be able to reply rather promptly because I am very weak when it comes to describe questions. Sometimes it's the answer choices that confuse me more than the stimulus and the conclusion stated. So the psychologists' study indicates that based on the results of surveys people w...

These explanations are all great and I now understand why (A) is correct. However, I just wanted to point something out for anyone else who made the same reasoning mistake as I did by incorrectly choosing (E). At first glance, I thought we couldn't assume whether the people who are more likely to vo...

By simple calculations of what was implied in the stimulus, I was able to eliminate (B), (C), and (E). My thought process went something like: If 77% of students endorsed a liberal position on a set of issue, then it must be true that all liberal students (51%) and students in the middle (24%) have ...

I got this question correct by choosing B on what I could infer from the stimulus, but almost chose E. What deterred me from E was the conditional language; as if all new medical discoveries that go through the process as stated in the stimulus will make it out and help patients. However, I'm still ...

I think what Ally meant to say was that D was the correct answer and mistakenly put D instead of E as the incorrect answer choices. But the fact that line 11 in Passage A says that "questions still remained regarding the PRECISE mechanism used to transmit that information," is not somethin...

These explanations are great, but I still don't understand what the main conclusion is here to base my answer choices off of. To me it seems there are two different sides of the argument, and I'm confused because it seems that D is required by the parents' argument but not the researchers. How do yo...

Ndfan, thanks for putting up an explanation! However, I'm still confused to why B is the right answer. I was overconfident in picking A because it sounded plausible. My thought process for A: "Well if Person X should consume 1600 calories a day, and they consume 500 of those calories with alcoh...

I also had trouble with this question. It's confusing because the first sentence of the first paragraph mentions "attemps to eliminate racial discrimination in employment and wages: the United States Congress enacted Title VII..." I couldn't pinpoint where (E) came from...

Hey Laura.bach, I'm not an expert/LSAT geek but I was able to narrow it down to (B) and (E) as well and ended up choosing (E), the right answer. Hopefully my thought process will help you out. My reasoning is that the first paragraph functions as (E) identifying the basis of Abram's conception of hi...