Statement and Assumption for LSAT

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Statement and Assumption for LSATLSAT primarily aims at checking the Reasoning aptitude of the candidate and therefore, it is very important for us to not lose marks in the Logical reasoning section. The​​ statements​​ we often use in our daily life communication has a lot of implied assumptions hidden that we don’t expressly mention.​​ Statement​​ and assumption​​ is one of the tricky chapters of the Logical Reasoning because we ought to apply our outside knowledge to select the correct answer. ​​ So, in other words, application of knowledge will lead to wrong answers. Therefore the Golden rule is to​​ ‘Stick​​ to the information given to reach the answer’. To understand better, we need to understand what an assumption is.​​ There is no straitjacket formula for this and you can gain command on this chapter only by practice.Something that can be supposed by the implied meaning of a particular statement is referred to as assumption. It is not possible to say everything loud in clear in proper words. Some assumptions are so obvious that it is not important to state them and the statement in itself proves the existence of the assumption. For instance:​​ Statement: The Principle appointed the post graduate teachers to set the comprehensive question paper.Assumption 1: The post graduate teachers are better at setting the comprehensive question paper.Assumption 2: No graduate teacher can ever set a comprehensive question paper.​​ Here, Assumption 1 is implicit but Assumption does not​​ make us jump to the statement given. Hence Assumption 2 is not implicit.The best way to score well in this part of logical reasoning is by more and more Practice. Once you get hold of it, you will never get an incorrect answer. ​​ To get the right answer, hunt​​ for an option which is a part of the statement that has not been expressed but has been assumed intrinsically. You must keep the following points in mind to make sure that you answer the questions correctly and quickly.​​ Never apply the knowledge of the outside world. It can prove dangerous to your logical reasoning abilities for​​ Statement​​ Assumption. Only use the information given in​​ the question.Restatement of a given statement will never be the correct option as it as already been given as statement and is not the assumption anymore.Always prefer the positive assumption.A few words are suggestive of an assumption to be implicit. For​​ e.g.​​ usually,​​ to​​ large extent, Much, many etc.You cannot assume the past or future from a given statement. Any statement dealing with past and future, in high probabilities will not be implicit.Never assume anything on your own, no matter how well it is fitting. You have to think it from the point of view of the author of the statement.​​ Usually, the question does not ask about Necessary Assumption and Sufficient assumption. But in case it does, always remember that​​ Necessary​​ Assumption is the assumption on which the statement of the author relies. In other words, it is not possible for the​​ author to make that statement without that assumption. If the statement remains unaffected irrespective of a statement being true or false, it is not the necessary assumption.An assumption is the premise of the statement, never confuse it with the conclusion.Do not let the absurdity of the statement confuse you. You have to believe that the statement and assumption are both real and they exist. Types of QuestionsThe following types of questions can be asked from Statement and Assumption in LSAT in the Logical Reasoning Section:One statement will be given and you will be asked to choose the implicit assumption from the options.One statement will be given along with two assumption and then varied option will be given as to which one or both assumption(s) are implicit.Questions may also be asked where you will have to specifically find the necessary assumption.    (function( $ ) { //footnotes $('.defaultNote').children(":first").css('cursor', 'pointer'); $('.defaultNote').children(":first").click(function(){ var gotoID = '#' + $(this).parent().attr('id'); $('html, body').animate( { scrollTop: $('a[href="' + gotoID + '"]').offset().top - 60, }, 250, 'linear' ) }); }(jQuery)); var numFormat = ",."; (function( $ ) { "use strict"; //do some cleaning on load var sortCells = $('td[data-sorting], th[data-sorting]'); sortCells.each(function(){ var first = $(this).text().trim().charAt(0); if (first == '@'){ var oldHTML = $(this).html(); var newHTML = oldHTML.replace('@', ''); $(this).html(newHTML); } }); function sortingTable(node, pos, ordBy){ var rows = node.children('tbody').children('tr').get(); rows.sort(function(a, b) { var X = $(a).children('td').eq(pos).text().toUpperCase(); var Y = $(b).children('td').eq(pos).text().toUpperCase(); if (numFormat != '.,'){ //we are dealing with a different locale and we need to do some //transformation in numbers X = convert2number(X); Y = convert2number(Y); } else { X = X.replace(/,/g, '').replace(/ /g, ''); Y = Y.replace(/,/g, '').replace(/ /g, ''); } var currencies = ['$', '¥', '£', '€']; var arrayLength = currencies.length; var XX = X; var YY = Y; for (var i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) { XX = XX.replace(currencies[i], ''); YY = YY.replace(currencies[i], ''); } if (!isNaN(XX) && !isNaN(YY)){ var floatXX = parseFloat(XX); var floatYY = parseFloat(YY); return -(floatYY-floatXX) * ordBy; } else if (!isNaN(XX) && isNaN(YY)){ return -1 * ordBy; } else if (isNaN(XX) && !isNaN(YY)){ return ordBy; } else { if(X < Y) { return -1 * ordBy; } if(X > Y) { return 1 * ordBy; } return 0; } }); $.each(rows, function(index, row) { node.children('tbody').append(row); }); } function removeTableCellDecoration() { $("td[data-sorting], th[data-sorting]").removeClass('sortDecorator'); } //unbind the click event just in case we are loading more than one document $("td[data-sorting], th[data-sorting]").off('click'); $("td[data-sorting], th[data-sorting]").click(function(){ removeTableCellDecoration(); $(this).addClass('sortDecorator'); //get desired ordering var ordering = $(this).attr('data-sortOrdering'); if (ordering == 'ASC'){ var ordBy = -1; $(this).attr('data-sortOrdering', 'DESC'); } else { var ordBy = 1; $(this).attr('data-sortOrdering', 'ASC'); } var cellPosition = $(this).prevAll().length; var table = $(this).parents('table:first'); sortingTable(table, cellPosition, ordBy); }); function convert2number(str) { str = str.trim(); if (str.match(/^\d+/)) { //we have to take special care when the thousand separators are '.' var result_0 = str.replace(/\./g, '_@_'); var result_1 = result_0.replace(window.numFormat[0], '.'); var result = result_1.replace(/_@_/g, ''); result .replace(/ /g, ''); return result; } else { return str; } } }(jQuery));