A recent sales study indicates that consumption of seafood dishes in Bay City restaurants has increased by 30 percent during the past five years. Yet there are no currently operating city restaurants whose specialty is seafood. Moreover, the majority of families in Bay City are two-income families, and a nationwide study has shown that such families eat significantly fewer home-cooked meals than they did a decade ago but at the same time express more concern about healthful eating. Therefore, the new Captain Seafood restaurant that specializes in seafood should be quite popular and profitable.
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.
The author argues that the new Captain Seafood Restaurant in Bay City will be popular and profitable. He has come to this conclusion based on the thirty-percent increase in seafood consumption in the past five years. In addition, because most residents of Bay City are two-income families and findings from a study indicated that those families eat significantly fewer home-booked meals and express greater concern for healthy diets. However, before the strength of this argument can be properly evaluated, three pieces of evidence must be assessed.
First of all, the author must evaluate whether the thirty-percent increase is in fact significant. Perhaps the initial number of people who enjoyed eating seafood five years ago was a total of five. If this were the case, then a thirty-percent increase from five would be about two people. However, if it were the case that the initial number of residents was three-hundred, then a thirty-percent increase would be significantly higher. If the former case is true, then the author’s argument regarding the new Captain Seafood restaurant’s popularity and profitability would be significantly weakened.
Second of all, the author must demonstrate that the study findings can be generalized to Bay City residents. Although nationwide, the study does not guarantee that their findings are applicable to different cultural norms. That is, it is possible that while most two-income families value the importance of a healthy diet, the cultural values of Bay City do not align with the majority. Perhaps Bay City resident’s prefer fried chicken and were not raised in families that served seafood. It is also possible that Bay City is well-known for their high-quality chicken and many residents are loyal to their tradition of animal consumption. If the scenario has merit, then the author’s conclusion would be significantly weakened.
Lastly, the author must provide sufficient evidence illustrating that Captain Seafood is considered healthy. Even if Bay City residents did value a healthy diet, perhaps the restaurant’s menu options primarily consist of fried fish and overly saucy or oily foods. Alternatively, even if Captain Seafood served healthy items, it is possible that Bay City residents do not consider seafood healthy. Rather, they may oppose this assertion and argue that a diet is only healthy if it solely consists of vegetables. If any of the above are true, then the author’s argument does not hold water.
In conclusion, the argument, as it stands now, is considerably flawed due to its lack of supporting evidence. If the author is able to provide additional information to support his claims, then it will be possible to fully evaluate the viability of his claim that the new Captain Seafood will be popular and profitable.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 404, Rule ID: APOSTROPHE_PLURAL[1]
Message: Consider using the plural form here: 'residents'.
Suggestion: residents
...ign with the majority. Perhaps Bay City resident’s prefer fried chicken and were not raise...
^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, lastly, may, regarding, second, so, then, well, while, in addition, in conclusion, in fact, 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: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 11.1786427146 89% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 13.6137724551 103% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 28.8173652695 115% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 55.5748502994 72% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 16.3942115768 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2365.0 2260.96107784 105% => OK
No of words: 445.0 441.139720559 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.31460674157 5.12650576532 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.59293186426 4.56307096286 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.00935711971 2.78398813304 108% => OK
Unique words: 205.0 204.123752495 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.460674157303 0.468620217663 98% => OK
syllable_count: 732.6 705.55239521 104% => 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: 7.0 8.76447105788 80% => OK
Subordination: 12.0 2.70958083832 443% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 19.7664670659 111% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.2506198294 57.8364921388 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.5 119.503703932 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2272727273 23.324526521 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.90909090909 5.70786347227 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.25449101796 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 8.20758483034 219% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 6.88822355289 29% => 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: 0.228925787862 0.218282227539 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0747060969135 0.0743258471296 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0629262036877 0.0701772020484 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.133342491497 0.128457276422 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0627278065943 0.0628817314937 100% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.7 14.3799401198 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.3550499002 106% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.197005988 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.52 12.5979740519 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.46 8.32208582834 102% => OK
difficult_words: 108.0 98.500998004 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 12.3882235529 93% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.9071856287 118% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 404, Rule ID: APOSTROPHE_PLURAL[1]
Message: Consider using the plural form here: 'residents'.
Suggestion: residents
...ign with the majority. Perhaps Bay City resident’s prefer fried chicken and were not raise...
^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, lastly, may, regarding, second, so, then, well, while, in addition, in conclusion, in fact, 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: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 11.1786427146 89% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 13.6137724551 103% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 28.8173652695 115% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 55.5748502994 72% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 16.3942115768 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2365.0 2260.96107784 105% => OK
No of words: 445.0 441.139720559 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.31460674157 5.12650576532 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.59293186426 4.56307096286 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.00935711971 2.78398813304 108% => OK
Unique words: 205.0 204.123752495 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.460674157303 0.468620217663 98% => OK
syllable_count: 732.6 705.55239521 104% => 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: 7.0 8.76447105788 80% => OK
Subordination: 12.0 2.70958083832 443% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 19.7664670659 111% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.2506198294 57.8364921388 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.5 119.503703932 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2272727273 23.324526521 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.90909090909 5.70786347227 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.25449101796 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 8.20758483034 219% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 6.88822355289 29% => 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: 0.228925787862 0.218282227539 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0747060969135 0.0743258471296 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0629262036877 0.0701772020484 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.133342491497 0.128457276422 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0627278065943 0.0628817314937 100% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.7 14.3799401198 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.3550499002 106% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.197005988 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.52 12.5979740519 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.46 8.32208582834 102% => OK
difficult_words: 108.0 98.500998004 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 12.3882235529 93% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.9071856287 118% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.