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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14542)
The correct answer choice is (B)
This question stem asks how, according to the author, an empirical study of the effect of external
cultural influences on the lives of people in a society must begin. This is discussed in the third
paragraph of the passage, specifically in lines 41-45: “what model best represents the true
relationship” between imported programs and domestic ones.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect, because the author identifies a different first
consideration.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice, as prephrased above.
Answer choice (C): This is drawn from the first sentence of the third paragraph (lines 37-40), but it is
the general goal of the empirical study, as opposed to the first task of the study.
Answer choice (D): This is one of two possibilities mentioned in paragraph three of the passage and
is an example of the model of how imported productions influence domestic ones. It is not identified
as a first question to ask in developing an empirical study.
Answer choice (E): Social factors are discussed in the fourth paragraph at the end of the passage in
lines 60-61: After the model has already been formed, the study must examine the complex manner
in which individuals ascribe meanings to those productions.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14542)
The correct answer choice is (B)
This question stem asks how, according to the author, an empirical study of the effect of external
cultural influences on the lives of people in a society must begin. This is discussed in the third
paragraph of the passage, specifically in lines 41-45: “what model best represents the true
relationship” between imported programs and domestic ones.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect, because the author identifies a different first
consideration.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice, as prephrased above.
Answer choice (C): This is drawn from the first sentence of the third paragraph (lines 37-40), but it is
the general goal of the empirical study, as opposed to the first task of the study.
Answer choice (D): This is one of two possibilities mentioned in paragraph three of the passage and
is an example of the model of how imported productions influence domestic ones. It is not identified
as a first question to ask in developing an empirical study.
Answer choice (E): Social factors are discussed in the fourth paragraph at the end of the passage in
lines 60-61: After the model has already been formed, the study must examine the complex manner
in which individuals ascribe meanings to those productions.