Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.
The following appeared as a letter to the editor from a citizen of Carlton County.
"It has been noted over the past two years that the incidence of vandalism has steadily increased in Carlton County. At the same time, it has been noted that there is a dramatic increase in out-of-state migrants who have moved to Carlton County over the past few years. Many citizens of the county believe that these migrants are responsible for the observed increase in vandalism. We therefore recommend that the county government should take strict measures to reduce the number of out-of-state migrants in order to prevent further destruction of public property and restore civic order in Carlton County."
The letter from a citizen of Carlton County written to the editor, appeals to the government to take action to reduce the number of out-of-state migrants to safeguard their county. However, the citizen's claims are bound to answer certain questions that if answered, will allow all the people involved in this matter to take a more judicious decision regarding this issue.
Firstly, where has the increase in the crimes against vandalism been found in the county? It could be that all these acts were centered to a particular municipal that enraged a small group of people living in the county. This would point fingers directly to the protestors or individuals against such municipals which need not be the migrants and their families.
Secondly, is there any proof that the crimes were commited by the migrants? The entire argument of this particular citizen of Carlton County is dependent on the people's belief that the migrants are responsible. As long as there is no hard proof, it would be foolhardy and bold to blame the crime on the innocent migrants.
Finally, the editor, the county government and the citizen should question the previous steps taken to reduce such crimes. Have there been any steps taken to tackle this issue? What was the outcome of these steps? Can there be any changes to the fee a culprit has to pay? In no case, can restricting the people from moving into the county be the only solution to solve the issue.
All in all, the entire argument is not based on physical facts and details, but rather on beliefs of people, whose intentions can be negative towards the migrants. It is the duty of the all the people involved in this issue to critically analyse the situation, find answers to the questions raised above, and draw appropriate conclusions.
Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 15 15
No. of Words: 304 350
No. of Characters: 1445 1500
No. of Different Words: 157 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.176 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.753 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.443 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 107 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 73 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 50 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 25 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 20.267 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.225 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.333 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.333 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.604 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.073 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 162, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'peoples'' or 'people's'?
Suggestion: peoples'; people's
...n of Carlton County is dependent on the peoples belief that the migrants are responsibl...
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Line 5, column 323, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ame the crime on the innocent migrants. Finally, the editor, the county governme...
^^^^^
Line 9, column 76, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...not based on physical facts and details, but rather on beliefs of people, whose i...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, firstly, however, if, regarding, second, secondly, so, as to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.6327345309 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.9520958084 69% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 11.1786427146 63% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 13.6137724551 59% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 18.0 28.8173652695 62% => OK
Preposition: 46.0 55.5748502994 83% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 16.3942115768 43% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1488.0 2260.96107784 66% => OK
No of words: 304.0 441.139720559 69% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.89473684211 5.12650576532 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17559525986 4.56307096286 92% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.51993437456 2.78398813304 91% => OK
Unique words: 160.0 204.123752495 78% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.526315789474 0.468620217663 112% => OK
syllable_count: 458.1 705.55239521 65% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 4.96107784431 81% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.76447105788 68% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.70958083832 37% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 19.7664670659 76% => 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: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.7373750035 57.8364921388 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.2 119.503703932 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2666666667 23.324526521 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.4 5.70786347227 95% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.25449101796 57% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 8.20758483034 37% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => 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: 0.155680254232 0.218282227539 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0522626492231 0.0743258471296 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0410495409585 0.0701772020484 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0842627924951 0.128457276422 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0271693266656 0.0628817314937 43% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.7 14.3799401198 81% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.3550499002 123% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.197005988 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.08 12.5979740519 88% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.21 8.32208582834 99% => OK
difficult_words: 69.0 98.500998004 70% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 12.3882235529 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => 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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