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LSAT Explanations » LSAT Preptest 70 » Logical Reasoning 2 » Question 18

LSAT 70, Logical Reasoning II, Q18, LSATHacks

LSAT 70 Explanations

LR Question 18 Explanation, by LSATHacks

QUESTION TEXT: Psychologists have found that the implementation of…

QUESTION TYPE: Most Strongly Supported

FACTS:

  1. Managers usually don’t benefit from flexibility.
  2. This might be because most managers already have flexibility.
  3. Normal workers benefit from flexibility. They are happier and more productive.
  4. The benefits diminish over time, and it’s possible to make schedules too flexible.

ANALYSIS: It’s hard to prephrase “most strongly supported” questions. The best approach is to get a clear idea of the facts, then look at each answer quickly in order to eliminate a few.

When you’re down to 1-2 answers, check them against the stimulus to be sure they’re supported by a combination of facts.

___________

  1. This is very tempting. Regular workers benefit, so shouldn’t we expect managers to benefit from flexible schedules, if they didn’t already have them? Maybe. But managers are different from workers. Maybe there’s a reason these managers don’t have flexible schedules – their jobs might require them to be at work during certain hours.

    So we can’t be sure that managers without flexibility would benefit the same way that regular workers do. E is a better answer.

  2. This contradicts the argument. It’s a warranted assumption that most workers are not managers, so we can expect flexibility to improve the overall morale of the workforce.
  3. Hard to say. Fact 3 doesn’t say how much productivity improves. And fact 4 says that the improvement is worse over the long run.
  4. If you picked this, you probably misread fact 2. Managers already have flexibility. That’s
    why further flexibility doesn’t help them. But managers may benefit from the flexibility they already have.
  5. CORRECT. If we assume that the typical worker is not a manager (a reasonable assumption), then managers are not a good indicator of how the typical worker will benefit from flexibility.

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  1. Amy says

    September 20, 2015 at 12:21 pm

    Hi, Graeme,

    I am still very confused why (D) cannot be inferred from the stimulus.

    Because the stimulus states that psychologists found out the result that the policies don’t typically increase managers’ job satisfaction, it keeps making me believe that there is little correlation between the job satisfaction and managers’ ability to set their schedules.

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    • FounderGraeme Blake says

      October 5, 2015 at 7:43 pm

      If you took away managers freedom, they’d be sad though.

      The policies don’t enhance managers’ happiness, because they already have freedom. But that doesn’t mean freedom is useless!

      Reply

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