"A recent study rating 300 male and female Mentian advertising executives according to the average number of hours they sleep per night showed an association between the amount of sleep the executives need and the success of their firms. Of the advertising firms studied, those whose executives reported needing no more than 6 hours of sleep per night had higher profit margins and faster growth. These results suggest that if a business wants to prosper, it should hire only people who need less than 6 hours of sleep per night."
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 for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
The author’s conclusion that only people sleeping less than 6 hours per night should be hired in order for a business to prosper is based on some assumptions that are not sufficient to determine the entirety of this recommendation. The underlying assumption made by the author that only sleeping hours determine the prosperity of a business is fallacious and more factors like the working environment of a firm, the dedication of its employees, the number of firms studied for the study etc should be accounted for before reaching such a bold conclusion. These factors may very well alter the results of the study and thus the author’s conclusion.
First, it is stated that only 300 executives have been studied. This is a very small fraction of the total number of executives who work in business firms. It is possible that the set of executives selected for the study have such sleeping and work patterns that led to the given results. In order to get better and more accurate results, a much larger number of people need to be studied before making any such claims regarding sleeping hours and success. Also, it is entirely possible that the executives chosen for the study have lied about the number of sleeping hours. The authenticity of their statements cannot be guaranteed. If they have infact lied, then the whole argument falls apart.
Secondly, nowhere has it been mentioned what number of firms have been studied. There might be just 3-4 of these, which makes the study and its results kind of irrelevant. Certain firms might have executives who can work well with only 6 hours of sleep, but it can not be generalized for everyone. It is assumed in the argument that the results obtained by the study of the firms considered can be extrapolated to a broader set of firms, which is unconscionable and irrational.
Thirdly, although the study suggests the success of a firm, it doesn’t state the productivity levels of its employees and the number of executives in the firms. As for the results of the study, it is possible that the firms who have better profit margins employ a larger number of executives to complete a task and thus have higher profit margins. This undermines the results of the study to a great extent, as it is not only the less amount of sleep, but also the number of executives that influence the results.
Corroborating the above point, not just the number of employees, but other factors might affect the productivity and success of a firm. Working environment of a firm, the employee benefits and perks etc affect the productivity and results to a great extent. The argument is based on the assumption that sleep is the sole criteria for success while it may not be so. If other factors are taken into account, they might alter the results of the study. These need to be well considered before settling for any results.
In light of above points, it is very necessary to consider all factors necessary for success of a firm, and ascribe appropriate weightage to them before reaching any conclusion. Only then, the results will predict the underlying reasons for the success of firms accurately. Based solely on the information provided in the argument, it is not wise to aver the stated conclusion.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 534, Rule ID: HAVE_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Use past participle here: 'lain'.
Suggestion: lain
...he executives chosen for the study have lied about the number of sleeping hours. The...
^^^^
Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'first', 'if', 'may', 'regarding', 'second', 'secondly', 'so', 'then', 'third', 'thirdly', 'thus', 'well', 'while', 'as for', 'kind of', 'to a great extent']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.233443708609 0.25644967241 91% => OK
Verbs: 0.162251655629 0.15541462614 104% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0695364238411 0.0836205057962 83% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0629139072848 0.0520304965353 121% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0314569536424 0.0272364105082 115% => OK
Prepositions: 0.132450331126 0.125424944231 106% => OK
Participles: 0.0645695364238 0.0416121511921 155% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.7093695551 2.79052419416 97% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0215231788079 0.026700313972 81% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.001811407834 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.134105960265 0.113004496875 119% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0215231788079 0.0255425247493 84% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0149006622517 0.0127820249294 117% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 3254.0 2731.13054187 119% => OK
No of words: 555.0 446.07635468 124% => OK
Chars per words: 5.86306306306 6.12365571057 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.85370353223 4.57801047555 106% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.336936936937 0.378187486979 89% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.246846846847 0.287650121315 86% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.185585585586 0.208842608468 89% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.10990990991 0.135150697306 81% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7093695551 2.79052419416 97% => OK
Unique words: 217.0 207.018472906 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.390990990991 0.469332199767 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Word variations: 45.606621461 52.1807786196 87% => OK
How many sentences: 25.0 20.039408867 125% => OK
Sentence length: 22.2 23.2022227129 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 59.7200937709 57.7814097925 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 130.16 141.986410481 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2 23.2022227129 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.72 0.724660767414 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.14285714286 117% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 3.58251231527 28% => OK
Readability: 46.8846846847 51.9672348444 90% => OK
Elegance: 1.67741935484 1.8405768891 91% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.603493414601 0.441005458295 137% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.148279962275 0.135418324435 109% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.106016368098 0.0829849096947 128% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.584267133007 0.58762219726 99% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.172452059413 0.147661913831 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.280026683241 0.193483328276 145% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.134176203575 0.0970749176394 138% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.571108296195 0.42659136922 134% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0345767492268 0.0774707102158 45% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.459723604302 0.312017818177 147% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0709194121599 0.0698173142475 102% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 8.33743842365 180% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 6.87684729064 58% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.82512315271 124% => OK
Positive topic words: 14.0 6.46551724138 217% => OK
Negative topic words: 4.0 5.36822660099 75% => OK
Neutral topic words: 4.0 2.82389162562 142% => OK
Total topic words: 22.0 14.657635468 150% => OK
---------------------
Rates: 68.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6 -- The score is based on the average performance of 20,000 argument essays. This e-grader is not smart enough to check on arguments.
---------------------
Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations to cover all aspects.