IMO B

IMO B

A) Is incorrect because the peer reviews occur BEFORE the findings are published in a medical journal

C) Incorrect. The reason the studies are not published before peer review is BECAUSE the public has access to a medical journal and the peer reviews are done to avoid incorrect information reaching the public and causing panic

D) Is more of a conclusion but it is not even that, as the argument uses the word 'customarily' which equates to 'mostly' while the answer choice uses the word 'All'

E) Outside the scope of the argument


B correctly assumes that, the reason the studies are not being made public prior to peer review is because, the public do not have the expertise or the knowledge to second guess a medical research finding.

If you negate this answer choice, you can ask yourself, why would they prevent the results of the study from reaching the public if the public DO have the knowledge to evaluate a medical study? [/spoiler]

rishab1988 wrote:

I think its D again

I want people to post answers along with a meaningful reason for eliminating each answer.

Expert comments are appreciated.

rishab1988 wrote:I want people to post answers along with a meaningful reason for eliminating each answer.

Expert comments are appreciated.

I have a reason, if this answer it right...

A shuld be the ans...

Premise: prepublication peer review is the only way to prevent erroneous and therefore potentially harmful information from reaching a public.
Conclusion: waiting until a medical journal has published the research findings that have passed peer review is the price that must be paid.

What is the link that links from prepublication peer review to waiting for publication of the research findings? It is the assumption that there's no other ways that prepublication peer reviews can occur other than bringing the findings to peer review for purpose of publications.


Thus A is correct.

Almost All answers have have chosen..

Would love inputs from more people,experts possibly.

Its ok that almost all the answers have been chosen,

but could you provide the OA.. so that others who have chosen the wrong answer can come to know where they were wrong..

I will,once more people post their answers(with reasoning) rather than random guesses.Those who post their answers,please also explain why other answers are wrong.

I'm waiting for some experts to comment on this question.

Hey Rishab,
You are posting good RC's. Please put some more.
OK here's why I think A is the answer and others are not.
As promised, you should give out the answers

The authors argument is that people have to wait until research
findings that are present in the medical journal are reviewed first
and later published.

A) Author assumes that research findings are reviewed only after they are publised in journals.
what if the review can be done much earlier ???
If it can be done much earlier, then people would not have to wait and thus author will be happy
and not complain

A is the correct answer

B) Is incorrect because the passage does not talk about the expertise of those
not involved in peer review.
OUT OF SCOPE

C) ITS A TRAP.
General people may or may not have access to the medical journals. It may seem attractive at first.
But does it address the author's argument ? The author is interested only in genuine research findings and
verified research findings only.

In other words, if you want to find out the internal details of a political circus, you may well have access to it.
But All I am looking for is the end result

D) OUT OF SCOPE... Author is interested in delay of those findings that are reviewed and hence believed to be
correct... Journal may contain research on monkeys as well....

e) OUT OF SCOPE Again... NO proof / weak assumption... Further it weakens the validity so ppl need not wait
in the first place...


I am done.
Rishab... Its your turn now

The OA is A.

BTW this is not RC!

Tell me why D is incorrect.It seemed kind of vague to me but I still can't figure out why this is incorrect.

BTW these all are LSAT questions.

I completed another section of LSAT CR(25 questions).Got 2 of them wrong.If I don't understand why those questiosna re wrong.I'll post them too.


These LSAT questions are absolutely brutal.Some of them are longer than GMAT RC passages.Just see the length of the question stem of this question itself.

LSAT CR is like MGMAT quant,maybe a couple of notches higher.Getting them right is bigger achievement than timing on these questions,according to me.

Hi Rishab,
Be careful for the word "that" in the first sentence...

The medical journal are not allowed to publish research material.... why ?
Because they need to be verified by experts.

Why do you relate this with all other kinds of articles that the journal
would want to publish to the public ? They don't come under the regulation of
medical council but perhaps by some others like govt policies etc...

rishab1988 wrote:The OA is A.

BTW this is not RC!

Tell me why D is incorrect.It seemed kind of vague to me but I still can't figure out why this is incorrect.

BTW these all are LSAT questions.

I completed another section of LSAT CR(25 questions).Got 2 of them wrong.If I don't understand why those questiosna re wrong.I'll post them too.


These LSAT questions are absolutely brutal.Some of them are longer than GMAT RC passages.Just see the length of the question stem of this question itself.

LSAT CR is like MGMAT quant,maybe a couple of notches higher.Getting them right is bigger achievement than timing on these questions,according to me.

It is really a tricky question as are almost all of the posted "brutal" questions.

Here is my thinking process:

Answer choice B - in short, anyone who doesn't serve on a panel, does not have the knowledge to evaluate the findings. Is it really necessary that not a single person outside the panel has the knowledge to evaluate the findings? The word "ANYONE" makes this answer choice incorrect.

Answer choice C - In fact, the author must assume the OPPOSITE. In order for him or her to state that "peer review is the only way to prevent erroneous and therefore potentially harmful information from reaching a public that is ill equipped", he or she assumes the information is available. Hence, incorrect.

Answer choice D - I must admit, this was definitely a Contender. However, the author doesn't really have to assume that ALL of the medical findings should be a subject of prepublication peer review in order for his or her conclusion to be valid. Thus, D is incorrect.

Answer choice E - Clearly Out of Scope answer. The author doesn't need to assume anything about political and professional pressures to build the argument. If anything it might well in fact weaken his or her conclusion. Incorrect.

The correct answer choice is A. In order for the author to draw the conclusion, he or she must assume that peer review must necessarily take place once the findings are considered for publication. This will be not the case if that is done before that point.