The LSAT is conceptually a 'speeded power test'—it presents extremely difficult questions (power test content) but requires completion within a severely strict time limit (35 minutes per section), deliberately making it impossible for the average test-taker to finish all 101 questions.
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Malcolm GladwellEvidence Quote
“the LSAT is a series of very very hard questions but it we require that the test taker complete them in a limited period of time and the time constraint is um so strict that it's deliberately strict...we're collecting power data with a speed constraint”
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