LSAT 31, Logical Reasoning I, Q3, LSATHacks

LR Question 3 Explanation, by LSATHacks

QUESTION TEXT: Announcement for a television program: Are female physicians more…

QUESTION TYPE: Flawed Reasoning

CONCLUSION: The plan is to ask physicians of both sexes whether female physicians are more sensitive to the needs of female patients.

ANALYSIS: The problem here is that both groups may be biased – we’re only asking doctors. 

We should speak to patients too. To answer this question we would need a study. At the very least the TV show should ask some female patients, since they are the ones affected. 

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1. Presumably the TV show will find a few physicians who are willing.
2. This is irrelevant to the question of whether those physicians who are female are more sensitive to the needs of women patients. 
3. CORRECT. Physicians may misjudge their own sensitiveness. We need to speak to patients.
4. The stimulus is about how effective women physicians are. This answer choice is about medical research. That’s totally different. 
5. That may be, but there could still be a difference between men and women doctors in terms of sensitivity. 

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