June 2014 LSAT - Section 2 - Question 14

Researchers recently studied the relationship between diet and mood, using a diverse sample of 1,000 adults. It was f...

efurr530 August 16, 2019

Answer D

I chose the correct answer but I was really stuck on understanding D. Could someone please explain answer choice D?

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Ravi August 16, 2019

@efurr530,

Let's look at (D).

(D) says, "It confuses a condition that is necessary for establishing
the truth of the conclusion with a condition that is sufficient for
establishing the truth of the conclusion."

The problem with (D) is that there is not any conditional logic
contained within the stimulus, so there are no sufficient or necessary
conditions. Thus, (D) is out, as the stimulus just shows a correlation
between two things.

Does this make sense? Let us know if you have any other questions!