In the argument, the author recommends all colleges and universities to carry out similar policy of honor code as that in Groveton College to reduce students' cheating. To suppor the argument, the author cited the fact that cheating reported by teachers in GC(Groveton College) decline after the honor code policy as well as one survey indicating a majority of students in GC agree on the positive effect of the policy. Although the argument seems convincing, careful scrutiny of the evidences reveals that there exist several critical questions to be answered before we could acknoledge the effectiveness of honor code.
Firstly, in the argument it's cited that cheating cases reported by the teachers decline from 30 percent to 21 one year after the policy's execution and to 14 after 5 years. However, it has to be put forward that whether the actual cheating rate has really devolved. SInce close examination of teachers has been cancelled, a great number of plagerization cases might have remained undiscovered. Even if the actual cheating rate has reduced, does the decrease result from the honor code policy? It's entirely possible that GC has been recruting much students with much higher grades and virtue, who regard cheating as a shame, just after the policy with its improved facilities and professors than before. Without considering these other factors, it's not sufficiently cogent to state that it's the honor code policy that lead to the decrease in plagerization.
Secondly, the author claimed that in a recent survey the major part of Groveton students replied with positive attitude in reducing cheating behaviors with the honor code than without. Whilist the result seems persuasive, we have to ask whether the survey is conducted in the right way. There is possibility that the respondents of the survey only convered a tiny part of students with relatively better habits, thus the result cannot represent the general situation. It's also likely that students are afraid of the consequences of replying negatively in the survey if it was conducted by their teachers. What's more, they might also tend to make positive replies when investigation is carried out when they are accompanied by their borfriend/girlfriend. Before providing satisfactory answers to such questions above, result of the survey could not become effective proof of the policy.
Finally, the author contends that all colleges and universities should take on similar measure as replacing strict scrutiny with honor code policy to improve the cheating situation among students. However, the effect of the policy demands that conditions of all other colleges and universities to be the same as those of GC, which is difficult in reality. For instance, GC might be the national top college with best students enrolled while students in other colleges perform no better than them, causing cheating phenomenon more frequent in other colleges even with students' promises not to cheat. To make it worse, removing tough check of teachers on plagerization might also encourage students to cheat. Without consideration on the differences between GC and othe colleges, the effectiveness of honor code in other colleges could not be guaranted.
In sum, the author failed to provide satisfactory answers to several critical questions above, rendering the argument not convincing as it stands. To bolster the argument, it's needed to provide sufficient evicence showing the concrete relationship between the policy and the decrease in cheating in GC. Additionally, the credibility of the survey's result is also required.
Essay evaluation report
Sentence: To suppor the argument, the author cited the fact that cheating reported by teachers in GCGroveton College decline after the honor code policy as well as one survey indicating a majority of students in GC agree on the positive effect of the policy.
Error: suppor Suggestion: support
Sentence: Although the argument seems convincing, careful scrutiny of the evidences reveals that there exist several critical questions to be answered before we could acknoledge the effectiveness of honor code.
Error: acknoledge Suggestion: acknowledge
Sentence: It's entirely possible that GC has been recruting much students with much higher grades and virtue, who regard cheating as a shame, just after the policy with its improved facilities and professors than before.
Error: recruting Suggestion: recruiting
Sentence: Without considering these other factors, it's not sufficiently cogent to state that it's the honor code policy that lead to the decrease in plagerization.
Error: plagerization Suggestion: No alternate word
Sentence: There is possibility that the respondents of the survey only convered a tiny part of students with relatively better habits, thus the result cannot represent the general situation.
Error: convered Suggestion: covered
Sentence: What's more, they might also tend to make positive replies when investigation is carried out when they are accompanied by their borfriend/girlfriend.
Error: borfriend Suggestion: boyfriend
Sentence: To make it worse, removing tough check of teachers on plagerization might also encourage students to cheat.
Error: plagerization Suggestion: No alternate word
Sentence: Without consideration on the differences between GC and othe colleges, the effectiveness of honor code in other colleges could not be guaranted.
Error: othe Suggestion: other
Error: guaranted Suggestion: No alternate word
Sentence: To bolster the argument, it's needed to provide sufficient evicence showing the concrete relationship between the policy and the decrease in cheating in GC.
Error: evicence Suggestion: evidence
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argument 1 -- OK
argument 2 -- OK, but the better argument is:
suppose the exam is closly monitored, maybe more students would be less likely to cheat than that by an honor code in the survey.
argument 3 -- OK
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flaws:
No. of Spelling Errors: 10 2
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.5 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 10 2
No. of Sentences: 23 15
No. of Words: 570 350
No. of Characters: 2974 1500
No. of Different Words: 254 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.886 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.218 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.728 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 238 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 182 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 138 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 60 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 24.783 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.413 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.565 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.322 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.531 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.112 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 542, Rule ID: MUCH_COUNTABLE[1]
Message: Use 'many' with countable nouns.
Suggestion: many
...ely possible that GC has been recruting much students with much higher grades and vi...
^^^^
Line 3, column 744, Rule ID: IT_IS[6]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...ithout considering these other factors, its not sufficiently cogent to state that i...
^^^
Line 3, column 786, Rule ID: IT_IS[17]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...s not sufficiently cogent to state that its the honor code policy that lead to the ...
^^^
Line 5, column 606, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: What's
... if it was conducted by their teachers. Whats more, they might also tend to make posi...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 408, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[4]
Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'with the best'.
Suggestion: with the best
...e, GC might be the national top college with best students enrolled while students in oth...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, firstly, however, if, really, second, secondly, so, thus, well, while, as to, for instance, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.6327345309 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.9520958084 69% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 11.1786427146 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 13.6137724551 125% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 28.8173652695 115% => OK
Preposition: 95.0 55.5748502994 171% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 16.3942115768 104% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3031.0 2260.96107784 134% => OK
No of words: 569.0 441.139720559 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.32688927944 5.12650576532 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.88402711743 4.56307096286 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.86215508013 2.78398813304 103% => OK
Unique words: 260.0 204.123752495 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.456942003515 0.468620217663 98% => OK
syllable_count: 956.7 705.55239521 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59920159681 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 4.96107784431 141% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.76447105788 103% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 10.0 4.22255489022 237% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 19.7664670659 116% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 22.8473053892 105% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.9779193885 57.8364921388 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 131.782608696 119.503703932 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.7391304348 23.324526521 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.39130434783 5.70786347227 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.25449101796 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.20758483034 122% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 6.88822355289 145% => 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: 0.247650322592 0.218282227539 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0727281592678 0.0743258471296 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0580428229209 0.0701772020484 83% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.13711457979 0.128457276422 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0740795913989 0.0628817314937 118% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.0 14.3799401198 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.66 48.3550499002 80% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 12.197005988 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.93 12.5979740519 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.71 8.32208582834 105% => OK
difficult_words: 140.0 98.500998004 142% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 18.5 12.3882235529 149% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.1389221557 104% => 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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