The argument stands on a number of unstated assumptions in its recommendation to start call-in advice programming. The argument takes support from the success of a similar initiative in Rockville, and it also cites a nationwide survey for this purpose. Taken as a whole, these unstated assumptions render the argument highly suspect. Indeed, if the questions relevant to these assumptions remain unanswered then the argument completely falls apart.
To begin with, the station manager assumes that by introducing call-in advice programming the public would respond similarly as in Rockville. It is unreasonable to expect that the public in Medway would respond similarly to the initiative if it is carried out. It may be the case that people in Medway don't like radio already and might even outright reject this new initiative. It may also be the case that the total number of radio listeners in Medway is significantly lower than that in Rockville. In this case, the response would not be as overwhelming to the initiative as it was in Rockville. Without making a proper inquiry into what the radio audience in Medway like and the total number of radio listeners in Medway carrying starting call-in advice programs would not produce the effects as intended.
Secondly, the station manager takes the validity of the nationwide survey for granted. He assumes it to be a truthful representation of ground realities. The argument tells us only that the results of the nationwide survey support starting such programs without getting into the details of the methodology of the survey. No info is provided regarding the batch size of the survey by the argument. It may be the case that the batch size of the survey was very small and only had a few hundred participants. Additionally, it can also be the case that the survey does not involve people from different backgrounds, and people from similar backgrounds say doctors or musicians were only involved. We can also not rule out the possibility that the results of the survey were not tampered with. It may be the case that the survey results are changed to favor a telecom operator for some ulterior motive to boost revenues by increasing the number of calls. In any of the two scenarios aforementioned the scope and validity of the survey would be left highly suspect and the station manager's assumptions do not hold. Unless we are provided with insight into the research methodology of the survey it would be wrong to take the survey as an accurate representation of the radio audience.
In conclusion, it can be said that the argument makes several unstated assumptions that seriously undermine its validity. Unless these assumptions are addressed the argument falls apart.
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.0 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 6 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 6 2
No. of Sentences: 22 15
No. of Words: 452 350
No. of Characters: 2243 1500
No. of Different Words: 189 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.611 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.962 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.788 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 171 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 128 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 88 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 52 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 20.545 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.542 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.591 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.337 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.534 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.172 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 303, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...t may be the case that people in Medway dont like radio already and might even outri...
^^^^
Line 3, column 379, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...en outright reject this new initiative. It may also be the case that the total num...
^^
Line 7, column 123, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Unless” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
... that seriously undermine its validity. Unless these assumptions are addressed the arg...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, if, may, regarding, second, secondly, similarly, so, then, in conclusion, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.6327345309 107% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 11.1786427146 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 13.6137724551 88% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 28.8173652695 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 55.5748502994 113% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 16.3942115768 98% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2285.0 2260.96107784 101% => OK
No of words: 451.0 441.139720559 102% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06651884701 5.12650576532 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.60833598836 4.56307096286 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.85234629232 2.78398813304 102% => OK
Unique words: 195.0 204.123752495 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.432372505543 0.468620217663 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 731.7 705.55239521 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 4.96107784431 202% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 6.0 8.76447105788 68% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.22255489022 118% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 19.7664670659 111% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.610686655 57.8364921388 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.863636364 119.503703932 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.5 23.324526521 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.22727272727 5.70786347227 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 5.15768463074 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 3.0 5.25449101796 57% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.20758483034 73% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 6.88822355289 145% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.67664670659 128% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.111950640396 0.218282227539 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0358321273727 0.0743258471296 48% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0510037469965 0.0701772020484 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0639395585589 0.128457276422 50% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0521139204526 0.0628817314937 83% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 14.3799401198 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
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: 12.13 12.5979740519 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.16 8.32208582834 98% => OK
difficult_words: 101.0 98.500998004 103% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 12.3882235529 69% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.9071856287 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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