LSAT 113 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q1

LR Question 1 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Company president: Grievance procedures should allow the…

QUESTION TYPE: Strengthen

CONCLUSION: It wouldn’t be such a good idea to start mediation late in the process of a grievance.

REASONING: There isn’t a reason given. The president does mention that grievances are expensive overall.

ANALYSIS: The president likes mediation. He just doesn’t think it will work in later stages. The wrong answers all weaken the idea that mediation is useful at any stage: they contradict the president.

To strengthen the president’s argument, we need to show that mediation is not useful at a late stage.

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1. This weakens the president’s argument that a mediator would be a good idea if used early.
2. That’s nice. But for disputes that aren’t solved, the president is arguing that mediators may cut costs.
3. CORRECT. If the mediator arrives late in the process they won’t be able to help the two parties agree. The positions will often have hardened. 
4. This would be true at the start or the end of the mediation process. But the president thinks mediators are a good idea at the start.
5. This weakens the president’s argument that we should use mediation in the early stages.