June 2010 LSAT Section 1 Question 12
The government has recently adopted a policy of publishing airline statistics, including statistics about each airlin...
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Victoria on August 28, 2019
Hi @Bhavraj,Happy to help!
The argument concludes that disclosure of airline statistics "undermines the government's goal of making the public more informed about airline safety." Why? Because "airlines will be much less likely to give complete reports if such information will be made available to the public."
The flaw in reasoning here is the assumption that the release of incomplete reports will not allow the public to become more informed about airline safety. What if the reason that the government adopted the policy is that airlines were previously not publishing any public information about safety? In this case, even the release of an incomplete report would make the public more informed as they previously did not have access to any information.
D is incorrect because the argument does not presume that airlines should be held responsible for accurate reporting. Firstly, the argument does not discuss who should be responsible for the reporting of airline statistics; the passage is focused on the airlines' release of information and the public's understanding of airline safety. Second, the passage is focused on "complete" reporting, not "accurate" reporting. Keep an eye out for subtle changes in wording in answer choices as the LSAT will sometimes include these to trick you into selecting an incorrect answer.
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