The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company."Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a 500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read would cost Acme only $500 per employee-a small price to pay when you consider the benefits. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, Acme would benefit greatly by requiring all of our employees to take the Easy Read course."
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
In the recommendation to the president of acme Publishing company from the personnel director stated that the employees of our company pursuing Easy read speed-reading course would benefit greatly and also increase the productivity. graduates of this course were able to read 500-page reports in just two hours;another graduate's position has risen from assistant manager to vice president in under a year.However,before this recommendation and evidence is properly evaluated,these questions must be answered.
Firstly,is the practice obtained from course comparable to the work of acme company?In other words,if thw work done by employees is not related to the practice we get from that course then it is not beneficial to the company.The course may not be related to projects of company thereby the investment would not be beneficial to the company. if the above is true ,the conclusion drawn in the argument is weakened.
Secondly,are all the employees interested to take the course?Because, the reading and grasping skills are varied from one person to the other. So,all the employees may not be equally certified through that course. if the above is true , the conclusion and the evidence will be weakened.
Thirdly,is there any evidence that the company would be benefited by workers seeking the course?In other words,if the reading skills and speed is increased can the productivity be increased?Even though reading speed is increased the companies productivity may not be related to that as per there is no proper evidence..if either of the above scenarios is true ,the argument doesn't;t hold water.
In conclusion,the argument ,as it stands now,is considerably flawed due to its reliance on unwarranted assumptions.if director is able to answer the above questions with proper evidence, then it will be possible to fully evaluate the recommendation and evidence and make employes to take the course.
Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 9 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 8 2
No. of Sentences: 7 15
No. of Words: 318 350
No. of Characters: 1571 1500
No. of Different Words: 145 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.223 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.94 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.815 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 117 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 95 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 68 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 39 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 45.429 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 27.312 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.857 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.465 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.633 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.142 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 3 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Graduates
...tly and also increase the productivity. graduates of this course were able to read 500-pa...
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Suggestion: However
...nager to vice president in under a year.However,before this recommendation and evidence...
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...o vice president in under a year.However,before this recommendation and evidence is pro...
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...ation and evidence is properly evaluated,these questions must be answered. Firstly,...
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...e questions must be answered. Firstly,is the practice obtained from course compa...
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... comparable to the work of acme company?In other words,if thw work done by employe...
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... the work of acme company?In other words,if thw work done by employees is not relat...
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Suggestion: The
...hen it is not beneficial to the company.The course may not be related to projects o...
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Suggestion: If
...would not be beneficial to the company. if the above is true ,the conclusion drawn...
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Line 3, column 362, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
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Suggestion: ,
...ial to the company. if the above is true ,the conclusion drawn in the argument is ...
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...in the argument is weakened. Secondly,are all the employees interested to take th...
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Suggestion: Because
...employees interested to take the course?Because, the reading and grasping skills are ...
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Line 5, column 106, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
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...use, the reading and grasping skills are varied from one person to the other. So,...
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Suggestion: , all
... varied from one person to the other. So,all the employees may not be equally certif...
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Suggestion:
... equally certified through that course. if the above is true , the conclusion an...
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Suggestion: If
...ally certified through that course. if the above is true , the conclusion and ...
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Suggestion: ,
...gh that course. if the above is true , the conclusion and the evidence will be...
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Suggestion: In
...benefited by workers seeking the course?In other words,if the reading skills and s...
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Suggestion: Even
...eased can the productivity be increased?Even though reading speed is increased the c...
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Suggestion: companies'; company's
...n though reading speed is increased the companies productivity may not be related to that...
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Line 6, column 317, Rule ID: DOUBLE_PUNCTUATION
Message: Two consecutive dots
Suggestion: .
... that as per there is no proper evidence..if either of the above scenarios is true...
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Line 6, column 359, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...if either of the above scenarios is true ,the argument doesnt;t hold water. In co...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
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...e above scenarios is true ,the argument doesnt;t hold water. In conclusion,the argume...
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...ment doesnt;t hold water. In conclusion,the argument ,as it stands now,is considera...
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... hold water. In conclusion,the argument ,as it stands now,is considerably flawed ...
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...onclusion,the argument ,as it stands now,is considerably flawed due to its reliance...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, third, thirdly, in conclusion, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 26.0 19.6327345309 132% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.9520958084 77% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 11.1786427146 63% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 13.6137724551 37% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 14.0 28.8173652695 49% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 55.5748502994 79% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 16.3942115768 91% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1617.0 2260.96107784 72% => OK
No of words: 298.0 441.139720559 68% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.42617449664 5.12650576532 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.15483772266 4.56307096286 91% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.25480441006 2.78398813304 117% => OK
Unique words: 150.0 204.123752495 73% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.503355704698 0.468620217663 107% => OK
syllable_count: 502.2 705.55239521 71% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59920159681 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 4.96107784431 20% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.76447105788 68% => OK
Subordination: 9.0 2.70958083832 332% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.22255489022 118% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 19.7664670659 46% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 33.0 22.8473053892 144% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 118.181383924 57.8364921388 204% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 179.666666667 119.503703932 150% => OK
Words per sentence: 33.1111111111 23.324526521 142% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.5555555556 5.70786347227 220% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 28.0 5.25449101796 533% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.20758483034 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 6.88822355289 44% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.67664670659 43% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.327967048106 0.218282227539 150% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.137178768167 0.0743258471296 185% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.154229077016 0.0701772020484 220% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.176787866141 0.128457276422 138% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.102764309812 0.0628817314937 163% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 20.7 14.3799401198 144% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 29.52 48.3550499002 61% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.1628742515 156% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 17.3 12.197005988 142% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.81 12.5979740519 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.04 8.32208582834 109% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 98.500998004 72% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 19.0 12.3882235529 153% => OK
gunning_fog: 15.2 11.1389221557 136% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.9071856287 126% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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More content wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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