Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to use printed material such as books and articles to do research than it is to use the internet.
it is critically important for students to use the best available resources when they
conduct research. In my opinion, it is far better to use printed materials than online
sources. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
To begin with, printed materials such as books and articles are more reliable than
websites. this is because websites can be edited by anyone in the world, regardless of
whether or not they are qualified academics. As a result of this, even articles in popular
online encyclopedias often contain incorrect and biased information. my own experience
demonstrates the danger of relying too heavily on web-based sources of information. two
semesters ago, I was assigned a research paper in a freshman history clas. I cited data that
I found on Wikipedia which later turned out to be completely incorrect. this data was so
hopelessly wrong that my professor spotted it immediately, causing me to fail the
assignment and receive a fairly low grade in the clas at the end of the semester. If I had
taken the time to compare what I had read online to a book or a scholarly article I would
not have included it, and would not have received such a terrible score in the clas.
Secondly, books are superior to online articles because they cover topics in much
detail. Textbooks are significantly longer than online articles, so they are more useful to
students. students who use them when doing projects can also look at the detailed indexes
which they include to focus on very specific topics. For example, when I wrote an essay last
semester in a history clas, the very first book that I consulted contained a long description
of the both the underlying causes and long-term effects of the historical event I was writing
about. In contrast, most of the online articles that I consulted contained little more than
superficial facts and dates. I based my research on the book rather than these articles, so I
was able to write a very insightful essay.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that printed information is more useful than online
resources. this is because books and printed journals are less likely to be biased or contain
errors, and because books provide a superior level of detail.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, if, look, second, secondly, so, for example, i feel, in conclusion, in contrast, such as, as a result, in my opinion, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 15.1003584229 119% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 9.8082437276 51% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 13.8261648746 80% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.0286738351 109% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 43.0788530466 95% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 52.1666666667 81% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.0752688172 74% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1933.0 1977.66487455 98% => OK
No of words: 384.0 407.700716846 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.03385416667 4.8611393121 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.4267276788 4.48103885553 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74525612769 2.67179642975 103% => OK
Unique words: 207.0 212.727598566 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5390625 0.524837075471 103% => OK
syllable_count: 604.8 618.680645161 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 9.59856630824 125% => OK
Article: 1.0 3.08781362007 32% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.86738351254 107% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.94265232975 121% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.6003584229 92% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.1344086022 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.7575113087 48.9658058833 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.736842105 100.406767564 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2105263158 20.6045352989 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.57894736842 5.45110844103 139% => OK
Paragraphs: 26.0 4.53405017921 573% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 29.0 5.5376344086 524% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 11.8709677419 51% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.85842293907 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.88709677419 205% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.248996004828 0.236089414692 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0786024757654 0.076458572812 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0791484646426 0.0737576698707 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0640251717973 0.150856017488 42% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0815945941996 0.0645574589148 126% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 11.7677419355 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 58.1214874552 88% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 10.1575268817 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.89 10.9000537634 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.78 8.01818996416 110% => OK
difficult_words: 101.0 86.8835125448 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.002688172 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.0537634409 99% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.