In a survey of consumers in an Eastern European nation, respondents were asked two questions about each of 400 famous...

Max-Youngquist on September 1, 2018

@smilde11 this question is a little tricky. Think about it this way: in order to give a reasonable quality rating to a given brand, it's necessary that you recognize the brand. If you didn't even recognize a brand, how could you say anything more about it, especially about its quality?

So the principle in (A) states that you should not ask a question to ALL respondents if it cannot be reasonably answered by a subset of respondents, namely the subset of respondents who answered ANOTHER question on the survey a certain way. This brand recognition/quality example violates that principle because those respondents who answer another question a certain way (that they don't recognize the brand) cannot reasonably answer a question about that brand's quality. So the quality question should NOT be given to all respondents. I hope that helps!

Ryan on October 17, 2020

I narrowed it down between A and B, but selected B simply because I understood what the answer choice was attempting to convey. Is the poor wording choice of A typical on the LSAT?

Emil-Kunkin on July 21 at 12:52AM

I wouldn't say poor, but it is overly complex. I like to try to put answers into my own words. Here, I would say this is saying not to ask all survey takers a question if some people who answered a certain way to another question cant possibly answer the question at Hand. I think it's also helpful to imagine this scenario. For example, a survey might first ask if you rent or own, and then ask your monthly rental. This would be futile to ask the homeowners what their monthly rent is.