LSAT 158 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q4

LR Question 4 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Cerrato: Economists argue both that the higher turnover …

QUESTION TYPE: Complete the Argument

ANALYSIS: The premises here are:

• Economists say part-time workers are more dissatisfied and might replace full-time workers.
• But, job satisfaction is linked to efficiency and companies won’t replace satisfied workers with dissatisfied ones.

This is basically leading up to say that the economist’s prediction won’t happen. Part-time workers are dissatisfied, so they won’t replace full-time workers.

Note that this only applies to dissatisfied part-time workers. We don’t have any idea what happens with satisfied ones.

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1. This is the economist’s argument, not the author’s.
2. We don’t know anything about the relationship between profits and wages.
3. CORRECT. This directly follows from the premises.
4. We don’t know (or care) why there’s a higher turnover.
5. This introduces a new rule that wasn’t discussed in the stimulus.