LSAT 106 | Section 1 | Logical Reasoning: Q7

LR Question 7 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: The clinic administrator responds to the hospital…

QUESTION TYPE: Method of Reasoning

CONCLUSION: The administrator argues that research is within the conditions of the grant.

REASONING: The research will help ease patient suffering in the future.

ANALYSIS: The administrator gives a different definition of “minimizing patient suffering”.

The auditor thinks the grant refers to current patients. The administrator thinks the grant could refer to future patients who will be helped by new diagnostic tools.

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1. The administrator completely disagrees with the auditor. The administrator doesn’t think the clinic is doing anything wrong.
2. The administrator and the auditor agree on what is the case (money is being used for research). They disagree on what ought to be the case (should money be used for research?).
3. This describes a completely different situation, where a grant says that a clinic shouldn’t be told how to do their job.
4. The administrator doesn’t think there was any violation. They argue that research is directed towards alleviating patient suffering.
5. CORRECT. The key phrase is “minimizing patient suffering”. The auditor is talking about minimizing current patient suffering. The administrator wants to minimize the suffering of future patients through research.