twenty years ago, dr. field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of tertia. using an observation-centered approach to studying tertian culture, he concluded from his observations that children in tertia were reared by an entire village rather than

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twenty years ago, dr. field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of tertia. using an observation-centered approach to studying tertian culture, he concluded from his observations that children in tertia were reared by an entire village rather than by their own biological parents. recently another anthropologist, dr. karp, visited the group of islands that includes tertia and used the interview-centered method to study child-rearing practices. in the interviews that dr. karp conducted with children living in this group of islands, the children spent much more time talking about their biological parents than about other adults in the village. dr. karp decided that dr. field's conclusion about tertian village culture must be invalid. some anthropologists recommend that to obtain accurate information on tertian child-rearing practices, future research on the subject should be conducted via the interview-centered method.

In the statement the author asserts that the survey conducted by dr.field with observation centered approach, which is conducted 20 years back which concludes that the rearing of children on island of tertia is done the people of village rather than their biological parents and on a contrary by dr.karp who used interview centered approach after 20 years since dr.field conducted the survey observed that the children are reared by their biological parents rather than people of the tertia island. However before analyzing the statement the author needs to answer the following 3 questions.

First of all, the approach conducted by dr.field which is observation centered method could be compared by the method used by dr.krap which is interview centered method? There are chances that the results obtained by interview centered measures are inaccurate or even after recommendation of many anthropologist the interview centered method is not suitable to be conducted on island of tertia. For example, lets say dr.kraps method is right but in interview with the children’s, the children due to there capricious nature gave the contrary statement which cannot be considered as true or dr.karps only interviewed a bunch of kids who were the only kids reared by the people of tertia island or were in-fact children from foster home. If this scenario holds merit then the statement is flawed.

Secondly, the method used by dr.field which is observation centered method which also could be inaccurate as observations does not have any kind of information or details just observation of kids does not provide concluding evidence that the kids are reared more by people of island tertia then their biological parents. For example, kids are as discussed above unpredictable and can act weirdly which might give inaccurate observations or dr.field observations had an error while acquiring information. If any of this scenario holds water then the statement is flawed.

Finally, as the results are based on unwarranted assumptions which means no method of analysis could be considered well or superior. Dr.field’s observation method of survey cannot be compared to dr.karps interview centered approach of survey as no evidence is provided upon effective results of any method just belief of a few number of scientist does not prove a method to be more accurate then other.

To conclude, the methods which are used 20 years apart by 2 different anthropologists without any sufficient reinforcing evidence on effectiveness of any method cannot be analyzed and the argument as it stands now is flawed with many unwarranted assumptions and is not viable to analyze without any further proof by the author.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
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Message: Possible agreement error. The noun anthropologist seems to be countable; consider using: 'many anthropologists'.
Suggestion: many anthropologists
...ccurate or even after recommendation of many anthropologist the interview centered method is not su...
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Message: “If” 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.
...were in-fact children from foster home. If this scenario holds merit then the stat...
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...d an error while acquiring information. If any of this scenario holds water then t...
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Suggestion: few numbers
... results of any method just belief of a few number of scientist does not prove a method to...
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Message: Did you mean 'than'?
Suggestion: than
... not prove a method to be more accurate then other. To conclude, the methods wh...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, then, well, while, for example, kind of, first of all

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 29.0 19.5258426966 149% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 11.0 33.0505617978 33% => OK
Preposition: 59.0 58.6224719101 101% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 12.9106741573 132% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2294.0 2235.4752809 103% => OK
No of words: 431.0 442.535393258 97% => OK
Chars per words: 5.32250580046 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.55637350225 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.92873419267 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 183.0 215.323595506 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.424593967517 0.4932671777 86% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 704.7 704.065955056 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 6.24550561798 0% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 20.2370786517 59% => 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: 35.0 23.0359550562 152% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 127.656983967 60.3974514979 211% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 191.166666667 118.986275619 161% => OK
Words per sentence: 35.9166666667 23.4991977007 153% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.58333333333 5.21951772744 184% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 10.2758426966 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.290487289717 0.243740707755 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.104496982104 0.0831039109588 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.102512487283 0.0758088955206 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.171460357275 0.150359130593 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.104887264258 0.0667264976115 157% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 21.6 14.1392134831 153% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.95 48.8420337079 74% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.9 12.1743820225 139% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.17 12.1639044944 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.41 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 100.480337079 83% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 18.0 11.8971910112 151% => OK
gunning_fog: 16.0 11.2143820225 143% => OK
text_standard: 22.0 11.7820224719 187% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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