LSAT 102 | Section 3 | Logical Reasoning: Q7

LR Question 7 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: A commonly accepted myth is that left-handed people are…

QUESTION TYPE: Flawed Reasoning

CONCLUSION: Left-handed people aren’t more likely to cause accidents.

REASONING: Left-handed people cause a smaller number of accidents.

ANALYSIS: This argument confuses rate (likelihood of accident) with amount (the number of accidents). Many more people are right handed, so it makes sense that they cause the highest number of accidents. But left handed people could still be more accident-prone.

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1. Right handed people cause a much higher number of accidents. That’s a very real difference.
2. CORRECT. Since there are many fewer lefties, it makes sense that they cause a smaller number of accidents. This would be true even if lefties were more accident prone.
3. Accident always means the same thing: mistake.
4. This doesn’t matter. You can be said to cause an accident whether you cause it alone or with others.
5. The evidence about the number of accidents would be relevant if it were true that left-handers were as common as right handers.

Recap: The question begins with “A commonly accepted myth is that left-handed people are”. It is a Flawed Reasoning question. Learn how to master LSAT Flaw questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.