The following appeared in the Ram, the Altamonte High School student newspaper:
“Of Altamonte students polled, 65 percent say they participate in either an intramural, varsity, or community sports team. Being a member of a sports team keeps on fit and healthy and promotes an active lifestyle. Since the majority of students are taking care of their physical fitness after or outside of school, Altamonte High should eliminate all physical education classes and put more resources into the development of the intramural and varsity sports teams”
Write a response in which you explain specific evidence needed to evaluate the argument and discuss how the evidence might weaken or strengthen the argument.
Ans:
The Ram article believes that Altamonte High should eliminate all physical education classes and put more resources into the development of the intramural and varsity sports teams based merely on the unfounded evidence that majority of students practice and exercise after or outside of school. First, the article’s statistics are unclear and poorly labelled; they lead to faulty conclusion. Second, the article’s conclusion relies on assumptions for which there is no clear evidence, and the evidence is rife with errors.
First and foremost, the statistics in the article are not proper...
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Sentence: The Ram article believes that Altamonte High should eliminate all physical education classes and put more resources into the development of the intramural and varsity sports teams based merely on the unfounded evidence that majority of students practice and exercise after or outside of school.
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