According to a recent report, cheating among college and university students is on the rise. However, Groveton College has successfully reduced student cheating by adopting an honor code, which calls for students to agree not to cheat in their academic endeavors and to notify a faculty member if they suspect that others have cheated. Groveton's honor code replaced a system in which teachers closely monitored students; under that system, teachers reported an average of thirty cases of cheating per year. In the first year the honor code was in place, students reported twenty-one cases of cheating; five years later, this figure had dropped to fourteen. Moreover, in a recent survey, a majority of Groveton students said that they would be less likely to cheat with an honor code in place than without. Thus, all colleges and universities should adopt honor codes similar to Groveton's in order to decrease cheating among students.
The argument claims that cheating among college and university students can be reduced by introducing an honor code. This rule had decreased the cheating very drastically over years.However, stated in this way argument fails to mention all the key factors on which this statement could be evaluated. The conclusion is mere based on assumptions for which there is no clear evidence.Therefore, the argument is very weak and has several flaws.
Firstly, the honor code makes students to agree not to cheat in academic endeavors and to notify a faculty member if they encounter such events in college. There is no evidence of the number of students accepted this code and agreed to actively participate in making it success. The statement could have been more satisfying if argument mentioned more about the reactions of students on the honor code. On the other hand, it is not cogent to think that the students who were actively involved in cheating would agree to the honor code in a kick.Furthermore, professors closely monitored students and reported thirty cases of cheating per year. One cannot deny that these numbers are seen every year and there is no signs of improvement. Hence, we cannot conclude that honor code system has worked.
Secondly, The author states that students are also complaining about the cheating. In first year of honor code in place, students encountered twenty one such cases of cheating and five years later the figure has dropped to fourteen. I can say that this statement has no legs to stand. Even though we can see a scale down in cheating reported in five years, one cannot assume that cheating has been lessened. Over the years , the students might have stopped reporting the cheats and hence numbers are less. The students may have fed up of reporting the same thing again and again.The statement could have been improved if there where some facts mentioned. For example, Universities or colleges should do a seceret research on the students and faculties and should find out if the number has really decreased or not.
The argument also claims that recent survey results displayed majority of Groveton students said they would be less likely yo cheat with honor code in place. The statement from students cannot be taken as a fact because they may lie in the survey. First of all students will never agree if they did any cheating and they will always try to hide it. In addition to that, author fails to provide details of the survey. For example what were the questions asked and how scaterred the survey was, How many students actually participated in survey. The response of some students cannot be taken as behalf of each and every student in college.
Finally, to conclude, the argument is flawed and therefore not convincing. There might be possibilities that honor code had worked for Groveton college but one cannot jump to a conclusion based on one college data. There should be proper research done on students, professors and the extent of cheating in other colleges and based on the results the action must be taken. The suggestions in this passage would have worked if there were some relevant facts mentioned to support the asumptions.
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Essay evaluation report
Sentence: For example what were the questions asked and how scaterred the survey was, How many students actually participated in survey.
Error: scaterred Suggestion: scattered
Sentence: The suggestions in this passage would have worked if there were some relevant facts mentioned to support the asumptions.
Error: asumptions Suggestion: assumptions
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argument 1 -- not OK
argument 2 -- not OK
argument 3 -- not OK
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flaws:
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: ? out of 6
Category: Poor Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 2 2
No. of Sentences: 26 15
No. of Words: 541 350
No. of Characters: 2601 1500
No. of Different Words: 241 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.823 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.808 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.421 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 179 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 132 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 102 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 43 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 20.808 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.945 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.731 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.298 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.485 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.078 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion:
... honor code. This rule had decreased the cheating very drastically over years.How...
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Suggestion: However
... cheating very drastically over years.However, stated in this way argument fails to m...
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... the key factors on which this statement could be evaluated. The conclusion is me...
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Suggestion: Therefore
...ns for which there is no clear evidence.Therefore, the argument is very weak and has se...
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Suggestion:
...nce.Therefore, the argument is very weak and has several flaws. Firstly, the...
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Suggestion:
... member if they encounter such events in college. There is no evidence of the num...
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Suggestion:
...pate in making it success. The statement could have been more satisfying if argum...
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...ode. On the other hand, it is not cogent to think that the students who were acti...
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Suggestion: Furthermore
...would agree to the honor code in a kick.Furthermore, professors closely monitored students...
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...t these numbers are seen every year and there is no signs of improvement. Hence, we cannot conc...
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Suggestion: twenty-one
...or code in place, students encountered twenty one such cases of cheating and five years l...
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...tement has no legs to stand. Even though we can see a scale down in cheating repo...
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...eating has been lessened. Over the years , the students might have stopped report...
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...eporting the same thing again and again.The statement could have been improved if ...
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...eges should do a seceret research on the students and faculties and should find o...
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Suggestion:
...would be less likely yo cheat with honor code in place. The statement from studen...
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...nor code had worked for Groveton college but one cannot jump to a conclusion base...
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...ntioned to support the asumptions.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, finally, first, firstly, furthermore, hence, however, if, may, really, second, secondly, so, therefore, for example, in addition, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.6327345309 127% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 25.0 12.9520958084 193% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 11.1786427146 179% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 13.6137724551 103% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 28.8173652695 97% => OK
Preposition: 64.0 55.5748502994 115% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 16.3942115768 98% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2729.0 2260.96107784 121% => OK
No of words: 537.0 441.139720559 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.08193668529 5.12650576532 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.81386128306 4.56307096286 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.62160142785 2.78398813304 94% => OK
Unique words: 249.0 204.123752495 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.463687150838 0.468620217663 99% => OK
syllable_count: 831.6 705.55239521 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 4.96107784431 101% => OK
Article: 14.0 8.76447105788 160% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.22255489022 166% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 19.7664670659 132% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.0980294413 57.8364921388 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.961538462 119.503703932 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.6538461538 23.324526521 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0 5.70786347227 123% => OK
Paragraphs: 25.0 5.15768463074 485% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 18.0 5.25449101796 343% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 14.0 6.88822355289 203% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.67664670659 64% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.431933216485 0.218282227539 198% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.119076500514 0.0743258471296 160% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0977349652434 0.0701772020484 139% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.122002153788 0.128457276422 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0803994952731 0.0628817314937 128% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 14.3799401198 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.3550499002 123% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.197005988 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.18 12.5979740519 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.83 8.32208582834 94% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 98.500998004 111% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 12.3882235529 93% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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