A pet food company recalled 4 million pounds of pet food in response to complaints that pets that had consumed the food experienced vomiting, lethargy, and other signs of illness. After the recall, the pet food company tested samples from the recalled food and determined that all chemicals found in the food were chemicals that are approved for use in pet food. Thus, the recalled food was not responsible for these symptoms, and the company should not devote further resources to the investigation.
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
The author of the argument makes an assertion that the recalled dog food do not need further evaluation based on the evidence that the chemicals found in tested samples of the food conforms with the approved standard and therefore may not be responsible for the side effects seen in the affected dogs. however, this arguement is significantly flawed as the author unjustifiedly comes to conclusion based on the following unwarranted assumptions.
First of all, the author unwarrantedly assume that because the chemicals in the food conforms with the approved standard it wouldnt have caused the experienced side effect on the dogs. Perhaps this chemicals have significantly being dilluted or in a concentration level that proves harmful to the internal organs of the dogs their by causing the vomiting and other illness. it is possible that this chemicals may have been contaminated with another chemical substance that is harmful to the dogs internal digestive systems. therefore if this situation were to be true, then certainly testing the food samples for the chemicals may not reveal this tendencies and therefore weakens the stand of the argument
Further, if it were to true that the conformity of the tested samples with the approve standard exonerate the food samples, the author also unjustifiably assumes that the tested samples of the sold products is indicative of the overall state of other food samples. it is possible that the method of sampling is not scientifically guided and a particular batch were solely tested for chemical analysis. Perhaps the tested samples are produced under different condition than the majority of the samples, or they would not even be part of the batch that may have caused the food poisoning. if this were to be true, then the result of the experiment will seriously be skewed and the recommendation of the author misguided.
Further more, even if the first two cases above were to be appropriately justified, that the author implicitly assumes that testing method mimic the digestive metabolism of the dogs internal system. it assumes that perhaps the mode of digestion that may have occurred in the dog is similar to the testing method carried out on the samples. Probably, this is not true, perhaps a combination of two different approved chemical, individually harmless but which may prove fatal to the dog internal digestive system thereby causing the experienced sickness. if this situation were to be true, then definitely the arguments holds no water and thus renders the conclusion unwarranted.
in conclusion, the argument as it stands is rife with unjustified and unwarranted assumptions and conclusion is wrongly drawn. More questions are needed to be answered and a further scientifically backed evidence is required to back up the argument and only after then can the argument be adequately evaluated.
Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 19 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 10 2
No. of Sentences: 10 15
No. of Words: 462 350
No. of Characters: 2369 1500
No. of Different Words: 193 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.636 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.128 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.85 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 178 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 147 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 105 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 66 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 46.2 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 23.121 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.9 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.442 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.73 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.173 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: However
...side effects seen in the affected dogs. however, this arguement is significantly flawed...
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...e following unwarranted assumptions. First of all, the author unwarrantedly a...
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Line 3, column 129, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
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Suggestion: wouldn't
... conforms with the approved standard it wouldnt have caused the experienced side effect...
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Line 3, column 198, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
...ienced side effect on the dogs. Perhaps this chemicals have significantly being dill...
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Suggestion: It
...causing the vomiting and other illness. it is possible that this chemicals may hav...
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Suggestion: Therefore
...to the dogs internal digestive systems. therefore if this situation were to be true, then...
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Suggestion: therefore,
...to the dogs internal digestive systems. therefore if this situation were to be true, then...
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Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
...amples for the chemicals may not reveal this tendencies and therefore weakens the st...
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...re weakens the stand of the argument Further, if it were to true that the con...
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...e conformity of the tested samples with the approve standard exonerate the food samples, th...
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...he overall state of other food samples. it is possible that the method of sampling...
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...hat may have caused the food poisoning. if this were to be true, then the result o...
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...ommendation of the author misguided. Further more, even if the first two case...
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...metabolism of the dogs internal system. it assumes that perhaps the mode of digest...
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...ereby causing the experienced sickness. if this situation were to be true, then de...
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... renders the conclusion unwarranted. in conclusion, the argument as it stands...
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...ders the conclusion unwarranted. in conclusion, the argument as it stands i...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, so, then, therefore, thus, in conclusion, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.6327345309 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.9520958084 77% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 11.1786427146 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 13.6137724551 110% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 28.8173652695 104% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 55.5748502994 90% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 16.3942115768 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2416.0 2260.96107784 107% => OK
No of words: 462.0 441.139720559 105% => OK
Chars per words: 5.22943722944 5.12650576532 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.63618218583 4.56307096286 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89694498557 2.78398813304 104% => OK
Unique words: 199.0 204.123752495 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.430735930736 0.468620217663 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 756.9 705.55239521 107% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 4.96107784431 121% => OK
Article: 4.0 8.76447105788 46% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 19.7664670659 76% => 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: 30.0 22.8473053892 131% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 83.02679621 57.8364921388 144% => OK
Chars per sentence: 161.066666667 119.503703932 135% => OK
Words per sentence: 30.8 23.324526521 132% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 5.70786347227 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 17.0 5.25449101796 324% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.20758483034 61% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.67664670659 86% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.139076714304 0.218282227539 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0480297516334 0.0743258471296 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0683104702957 0.0701772020484 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0889459881949 0.128457276422 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0675747214577 0.0628817314937 107% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.6 14.3799401198 129% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.03 48.3550499002 85% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.1628742515 156% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 12.197005988 123% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.65 12.5979740519 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.05 8.32208582834 109% => OK
difficult_words: 115.0 98.500998004 117% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 19.0 12.3882235529 153% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.0 11.1389221557 126% => OK
text_standard: 19.0 11.9071856287 160% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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