June 2010 LSAT Section 5 Question 26

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c0cald01 on June 20, 2020

Conclusion VS Premises

I am a little lost what part of the statement am I trying to weaken? I am having issues identifying the correct way too look at the statement.

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BenMingov on June 20, 2020

Hi C0cald01, thanks for the question.

In general, you are always focused on the entire argument as a whole. The premises and how they lead (or fail to lead) to the conclusion(s). This makes your analysis much more rigorous when you are able to say to yourself:

This is the conclusion and this is how they got here.

However, if you are looking for a very simple way to start attacking these arguments, weakening the conclusion is the way to go. We almost never attack the premises on LR questions. It does occur, but so so rarely that it is almost worth it to not consider this option. Think of you action towards the argument as towards the conclusion itself.

If the argument is something like: Since most of the students who do well on tests study for more than two hours per day, therefore studying for more than two hours per day causes high test scores.

Here there is a reason and the conclusion, but you could benefit from focusing on the conclusion. Which is "studying for more than two hours per day causes high test scores".

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any other questions!

c0cald01 on October 15, 2020

So, in order to weaken the question stem. You would have to use something like an alternative cause or a cause and effect or vice versus to provide that studying less than 2 hours a day, or more 2 hours a day.