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18 Oct 2021, 01:31
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Company president: Our consultants report that, in general, the most efficient managers have excellent time management skills. Thus, to improve productivity I recommend that we make available to our middle-level managers a seminar to train them in techniques of time management.
Each of the following, if true, would weaken the support for the company president’s recommendation EXCEPT:
(A) The consultants use the same criteria to evaluate managers’ efficiency as they do to evaluate their time management skills.
(B) Successful time management is more dependent on motivation than on good technique.
(C) Most managers at other companies who have attended time management seminars are still unproductive.
(D) Most managers who are already efficient do not need to improve their productivity.
(E) Most managers who are efficient have never attended a time management seminar.
Each of the following, if true, would weaken the support for the company president’s recommendation EXCEPT:
(A) The consultants use the same criteria to evaluate managers’ efficiency as they do to evaluate their time management skills.
(B) Successful time management is more dependent on motivation than on good technique.
(C) Most managers at other companies who have attended time management seminars are still unproductive.
(D) Most managers who are already efficient do not need to improve their productivity.
(E) Most managers who are efficient have never attended a time management seminar.
19 Oct 2021, 01:15
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EXPLANATION FROM Fox LSAT
The company president doesn’t say so explicitly, but he is using a correlation-equals-causation argument. In the first sentence, he notes a correlation between efficient management and excellent time management skills. He then apparently assumes a causal relationship between these two variables—he seems to think excellent time management causes efficient management—because he suggests that a seminar on time management techniques be offered to his mid-level managers. This is not a strong argument, because he is assuming that A causes B, when it could be that B causes A or that both A and B are caused by something else entirely. It will be easy to weaken this argument. It’s a “weaken… EXCEPT” question, so there will be four weakeners and one non-weakener (the correct answer). The non-weakener can be either a strengthener or can be something totally irrelevant. It might be easiest here to eliminate the four weakeners and leave the correct answer standing.
A) If the consultant uses the same criteria to evaluate efficiency and time management, then there isn’t even a correlation at all, which makes the entire argument irrelevant. This is a little bit like saying, “The MVP of the league is usually the league’s best player, and I know because the league’s best player is determined by who gets the most MVP votes.” This is circular reasoning, and therefore a horrible argument. This is a weakener.
B) If successful time management is more dependent on motivation than good technique, then what good is a seminar on time management technique? If the company’s middle management is a bunch of lazy bums, then no amount of training is going to do any good. This would destroy the argument, if true.
C) If this is true, then it weakens by example. Look what happened in company Z! In company Z, a time management seminar was given and the managers are still unproductive. In other words, there is no causal relationship between the two variables. This is another good weakener.
D) This is irrelevant to the argument because it is about managers who are already efficient. If we said this to the company president, he would probably say, “So what? The seminar isn’t for the managers who are already efficient.
We’re making it available so that those who aren’t efficient can take advantage of it. Now go wax my car.” Because this isn’t an effective argument against the president’s plan, and because we are now going to have to go wax the president’s car, this is probably the correct answer to this “EXCEPT” question.
E) If this is true, then it weakens the idea that a time management seminar can have any effect on efficiency. This is another good weakener.
Our answer is D, because A, B, C, and E all weaken the argument, while D is irrelevant.
General Discussion
18 Oct 2021, 06:07
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Company president: Our consultants report that, in general, the most efficient managers have excellent time management skills. Thus, to improve productivity I recommend that we make available to our middle-level managers a seminar to train them in techniques of time management.
Each of the following, if true, would weaken the support for the company president’s recommendation EXCEPT:
(A) The consultants use the same criteria to evaluate managers’ efficiency as they do to evaluate their time management skills.
(B) Successful time management is more dependent on motivation than on good technique.
(C) Most managers at other companies who have attended time management seminars are still unproductive.
(D) Most managers who are already efficient do not need to improve their productivity.
(E) Most managers who are efficient have never attended a time management seminar.
B, C & E directly weakens president's argument
between A & D - D is not weakens argument but A somehow weakens the evaluation process of the report
possible answer choice is D
Each of the following, if true, would weaken the support for the company president’s recommendation EXCEPT:
(A) The consultants use the same criteria to evaluate managers’ efficiency as they do to evaluate their time management skills.
(B) Successful time management is more dependent on motivation than on good technique.
(C) Most managers at other companies who have attended time management seminars are still unproductive.
(D) Most managers who are already efficient do not need to improve their productivity.
(E) Most managers who are efficient have never attended a time management seminar.
B, C & E directly weakens president's argument
between A & D - D is not weakens argument but A somehow weakens the evaluation process of the report
possible answer choice is D
