July 2020 LSAT Section 1 Question 19

Productivity growth in industrialized nations has dropped substantially since computer technology became widespread i...

AndrewArabie on September 30, 2022

Why D

To me, D just seems to refute one of the premises. I didn't think that on the LSAT a correct answer choice would just simply say one of the premises is wrong. Can someone help me out with this? Is that what D is doing or am I off-base and there's a better explanation?

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Emil-Kunkin on October 5, 2022

Hi Andrewarabie,

I don't think D refutes a premise. D tells us that within any given industry, the most successful companies have been those with the most tech. The premises are that Aggregate productivity growth has dropped, and that average growth across the highest-tech industries have seen the biggest drops. This does not mean that the best companies are not investing more in tech. Averages do not tell us anything about the behavior of individual companies, or about the distribution of productivity growth.