LSAT 115 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q26

LR Question 26 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Commentator: Because of teacher hiring freezes, the quality…

QUESTION TYPE: Flawed Parallel Reasoning

CONCLUSION: The quality of education will deteriorate.

REASONING: The quality of education will not increase due to the teacher hiring freeze.

ANALYSIS: This reasoning ignores the middle ground: educational quality could stay exactly the same.

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1. This is a bad argument. It ignores that Raul might choose a non-pizza food. But it does not follow the ignore-the-middle-ground structure of the stimulus.
2. This isn’t a rock solid argument because we don’t know how many attempts have been made to disprove it. But it’s not the same mistake as we saw in the stimulus.
3. The stimulus claimed that education quality would “surely deteriorate”. This only says that society “may become” more discordant. It is actually a good argument.
4. CORRECT. This ignores that temperature could stay the same. The stimulus also ignored the middle option.
5. This sounds like a good argument.

Recap: The question begins with “Commentator: Because of teacher hiring freezes, the quality”. It is a Flawed Parallel Reasoning question. Learn more about LSAT Flawed Parallel questions in our guide to LSAT Logical Reasoning question types.