LSAT 113 – Section 3 – Question 03

LSAT 113 - Section 3 - Question 03

June 2002

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PT113 S3 Q03
+LR
+Exp
Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw
Sampling +Smpl
A
2%
163
B
1%
153
C
97%
166
D
0%
159
E
0%
155
120
120
129
 +Easiest 146.265 +SubsectionMedium

Announcement for a television program: Are female physicians more sensitive than male physicians to the needs of women patients? To get the answer, we’ll ask physicians of both sexes this question. Tune in tomorrow.

Summarize Argument

The announcement claims that surveying female and male physicians can answer a question about how sensitive each is to the needs of their patients.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This reasoning is flawed because the source for the TV show’s potential claim is biased. If you ask a physician how sensitive they are to the needs of their patients, they will probably answer favorably about themselves. However, if you ask women patients, they are more likely to answer without bias. Thus, if the television program proceeds to base its claim about the sensitivity of physicians on the reports of physicians themselves, its conclusion will likely not be very accurate.

A
Physicians are in general unwilling to describe the treatment style of other physicians.

Our argument never says that the physicians being interviewed will describe other physicians' treatment style. Additionally, treatment style is not necessarily analogous to sensitivity toward patients, so this would not answer the question at hand.

B
There still are fewer women than men who are physicians, so a patient might not have the opportunity to choose a woman as a physician.

The proportion of female doctors compared to male doctors does not change how sensitive each gender is to their patients. Thus, this answer choice does not address the TV show’s question.

C
Those who are best able to provide answers to the question are patients, rather than physicians.

This AC addresses the biased source by highlighting which source would be appropriate for the TV show to use in answering its question. Because doctors are more likely to answer favorably about themselves, the TV show should consult someone less biased, such as patients.

D
Since medical research is often performed on men, not all results are fully applicable to women as patients.

Irrelevant. This stimulus deals with doctor-patient interactions, not with medical research. Therefore, this AC does not address the argument, much less the flaw.

E
Women as patients are now beginning to take a more active role in managing their care and making sure that they understand the medical alternatives.

Even if this were true, it has nothing to do with how sensitive a doctor is to a patient’s needs. Therefore, it does not address the argument or its flaw.

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