Exam LSAT Section 1 Logical Reasoning topic 1 question 217 discussion

Actual exam question from Test Prep's LSAT Section 1 Logical Reasoning

Question #: 217
Topic #: 1

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Announcement for a television program: Are female physicians more sensitive than male physicians to the needs of women patients? To get the answer, we'll ask physicians of both sexes this question. Tune in tomorrow.
Which one of the following, if true, identifies a flaw in the plan for the program?

A. Physicians are in general unwilling to describe the treatment style of other physicians.
B. There still are fewer women than men who are physicians, so a patient might not have the opportunity to choose a woman as a physician.
C. Those who are best able to provide answers to the question are patients, rather than physicians.
D. Since medical research is often performed on men, not all results are fully applicable to women as patients.
E. Women as patients are now beginning to take more active role in managing their care and making sure that they understand the medical alternatives.

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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️
The question stem identifies this as a Flaw questionwe need to find out where the argument goes wrong. The TV program is looking to determine who female patients think are more sensitive to their needs: female physicians or male physicians. To answer this, they are going to poll the doctors. Did you recognize the fairly blatant scope shift contained in this reasoning? If you want to know the opinion of the female patients, you have to ask the female patients, not the doctors!
Answer choice C. reflects this precisely.

by [deleted] at March 9, 2025, 1:34 p.m.

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