A recently issued twenty-year study on headaches suffered by the residents of Mentia investigated the possible therapeutic effect of consuming salicylates. Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin, a medicine used to treat headaches. Although many foods are naturally rich in salicylates, food-processing companies also add salicylates to foods as preservatives. The twenty-year study found a correlation between the rise in the commercial use of salicylates and a steady decline in the average number of headaches reported by study participants. At the time when the study concluded, food-processing companies had just discovered that salicylates can also be used as flavor additives for foods, and, as a result, many companies plan to do so. Based on these study results, some health experts predict that residents of Mentia will suffer even fewer headaches in the future.
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the prediction and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the prediction.
The given argument states that increase in salicylates in the food will reduce headaches in Mentia residents, it is based on twenty years study, which showed that companies added salicylates in food as preservatives and there is steady decline in average number of headaches. This argument is relying on numerous assumptions, which if false can raise questions on the conclusion on this argument.
As per argument, salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin, thats why it can have therapeutic effects, which raises a question whether salicylates actually have therapeutic effects are tested or not. It can not be assumed that, if salicylates is from same family as asprin, it can cure headache. Effect of salicylates on headache need to tested thoroughly to prove that it can actually cure headache.
Another question is about change in Mentia residents food or exercise or other healthy habits. There is a possibility that twenty years back, people were suffering from headache, and then they changed their lifestyle and which reduced their headaches.
The conclusion of the argument is based on twenty years study, but what has changed in those twenty years in the town that needs to be taken in account also. There might be factory in the town which might be releasing chemicals in the air or water, which was causing headache. May be sometime in twenty years that factory closed in headaches in the residents reduced by itself, and in this case salicylates consumption may not have been played any role reducing headaches.
Salicylates are already being used in food as preservatives, which raises a question what will be the effect of increased amount of salicylates in food as flavor. Effect can be good or bad. Argument didn't provide any information about it. What if increasing salicylates in food, cause adverse effects, and people start having other health related issues, which can void the conclusion. Therefore, effects of increased amount of salicylates on Mentia residents health need to be studied.
Thus, in conclusion, questions related to changes in the town, residents habits to reduce headache, and effects of salicylates need to be answered before reaching on conclusion.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 333, Rule ID: IF_IS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'is'?
Suggestion: is
... relying on numerous assumptions, which if false can raise questions on the conclu...
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Line 3, column 82, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: that's
...of the same chemical family as aspirin, thats why it can have therapeutic effects, wh...
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Line 7, column 153, Rule ID: ALSO_SENT_END[1]
Message: 'Also' is not used at the end of the sentence. Use 'as well' instead.
Suggestion: as well
... town that needs to be taken in account also. There might be factory in the town whi...
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Line 7, column 199, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...There might be factory in the town which might be releasing chemicals in the air ...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...or. Effect can be good or bad. Argument didnt provide any information about it. What ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, if, may, so, then, therefore, thus, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.6327345309 117% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.9520958084 124% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 11.1786427146 107% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 13.6137724551 110% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 28.8173652695 73% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 55.5748502994 90% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 16.3942115768 67% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1871.0 2260.96107784 83% => OK
No of words: 358.0 441.139720559 81% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.22625698324 5.12650576532 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34981470047 4.56307096286 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80492690295 2.78398813304 101% => OK
Unique words: 165.0 204.123752495 81% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.460893854749 0.468620217663 98% => OK
syllable_count: 590.4 705.55239521 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 4.96107784431 81% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.471057884232 212% => OK
Article: 2.0 8.76447105788 23% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.67365269461 299% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 19.7664670659 81% => 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: 22.0 22.8473053892 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 60.8737166189 57.8364921388 105% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.9375 119.503703932 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.375 23.324526521 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.375 5.70786347227 77% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.15768463074 116% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.25449101796 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.20758483034 61% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 6.88822355289 116% => OK
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: 0.24115417735 0.218282227539 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0865945896598 0.0743258471296 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0585362188291 0.0701772020484 83% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.128410207325 0.128457276422 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0415696009445 0.0628817314937 66% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 14.3799401198 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.3550499002 102% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.197005988 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.35 12.5979740519 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.26 8.32208582834 99% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 98.500998004 81% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 12.3882235529 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.1389221557 97% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.9071856287 126% => 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 -- The score is based on the average performance of 20,000 argument essays. This e-grader is not smart enough to check on arguments.
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