Logical reasoning pattern breakdown Forum

NigeranOU · Post by **NigeranOU** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:13 am

I know there are only a few fundamental things per question that helps people speed through logical reasoning. I have been studying for some time with powerscore and i still have not noticed that pattern. can someone spell it out of r me on here question type by question type thanks

MrBalloons · Post by **MrBalloons** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:24 am

NigeranOU wrote:I know there are only a few fundamental things per question that helps people speed through logical reasoning. I have been studying for some time with powerscore and i still have not noticed that pattern. can someone spell it out of r me on here question type by question type thanks

I'm confused.

Are you referring to some kind of legit method with set "fundamental things" for each question type? Or just looking for our own tips?

NigeranOU · Post by **NigeranOU** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:38 am

MrBalloons wrote:
NigeranOU wrote:I know there are only a few fundamental things per question that helps people speed through logical reasoning. I have been studying for some time with powerscore and i still have not noticed that pattern. can someone spell it out of r me on here question type by question type thanks
I'm confused.

Are you referring to some kind of legit method with set "fundamental things" for each question type? Or just looking for our own tips?

I guess yes your own personal tips. When you started consistently missing your target number of questions. What were you consistently seeing to get the correct answer

NigeranOU · Post by **NigeranOU** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:39 am

Because I always wonder why companies don't just make it more black and white, like what to look for

MrBalloons · Post by **MrBalloons** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:00 pm

That's a reasonable question.

I'd have to think pretty long and hard to give you a category by category tip guide, but it might be a useful exercise, so I'll think about it.

Off the top of my head, MBT and Most Strongly Supported questions both got way easier when I realized that 2 or 3 of the choices can usually be ruled out just by writing "no evidence" next to them. If you look for claims without evidence (usually either "out of left field" type claims or "all versus some" kinds of errors) you can zoom through those questions.

ETA: but I bet if you dig around a little you can find something like you're looking for on this site.

Mint-Berry_Crunch · Post by **Mint-Berry_Crunch** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 3:35 pm

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NigeranOU · Post by **NigeranOU** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 1:42 am

MrBalloons wrote:That's a reasonable question.

I'd have to think pretty long and hard to give you a category by category tip guide, but it might be a useful exercise, so I'll think about it.

Off the top of my head, MBT and Most Strongly Supported questions both got way easier when I realized that 2 or 3 of the choices can usually be ruled out just by writing "no evidence" next to them. If you look for claims without evidence (usually either "out of left field" type claims or "all versus some" kinds of errors) you can zoom through those questions.

ETA: but I bet if you dig around a little you can find something like you're looking for on this site.

This was extremely useful. I think I already subconsciously have this down because I am always in between two choices and usually pick the wrong one. I'm trying to get my numbers that I miss on logical reasoning down to 5 and I have already hit this goal but only once and never consistently. I really hope you decide to post a more elaborate explanation for each question type. I am an AA female so i am trying to score deep into the 160s. I am applying in october as soon as i get my score

NigeranOU · Post by **NigeranOU** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 1:45 am

Mint-Berry_Crunch wrote:For each question type: anticipating right responses and working from wrong to right. I started to notice that the burden for many correct answers is more "eh, this could work" instead of being definitively correct (there certainly are ones that need to be 100% correct, such as must be trues).

For flaws: understanding exactly what flaw the answer choices are describing.

For soft must be trues: realizing that TCR sometimes isn't guaranteed.

For strengthen: the burden is actually quite low. I notice that for really hard S questions, the correct response will be the only one that's actually relevant. Realizing that something the is sufficient will strengthen, but TCR for a strengthen question might not be sufficient.

Weaken: similar to strengthen. I like the term "calls into question" because that's all that some ACs do. They don't make the argument invalid, they just lower the confidence level.

sufficient: term marching. Realizing what directions the terms are going, and how they link up. I don't diagram these very often, but I keep stock of what's acting as a sufficient term, what's necessary, and what direction the argument is going. This gets you through wrong answers much quicker.
Some people hate diagramming to start, but once you get good at it, you start to think that way. It really helps. My scores when up dramatically once I perfected my diagramming.

This as well was extremely useful. Thank you so much and if you can think of any other ones please post. Although I feel like must be true, strengthen, flaw are hardest for me. Flaw because I always see a different type of flaw than the one that is the correct answer.

Mint-Berry_Crunch · Post by **Mint-Berry_Crunch** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:02 am

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