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

This argument asserts that the observation-centered approach to studying cultures is invalid as well and thus his interview-centered method should establish a much more accurate understanding of child-rearing traditions. To substantiate this conclusion, the arguer tries to prove that the result of Dr.Field's study on child-rearing traditions is invalid with his own research result. At first glimpse, this argument may be plausible, but with further looking at it, the argument is filled with a lot of logical fallacies which make its conclusion completely unsound.

In the first place, the arguer claims that his recent interviews with children living in the group of islands that includes Tertia show those children talking about their biological parents more than other adults in the village. This conclusion is quite unreliable since his interviews include other islands, not just Tertia. Maybe children on other islands do talk about their biological parents more than other adults, but the Tertia is actually the opposite. To assert the author's conclusion, he must provide detail information about his interviews such as the interview results on each island where he performs the interviews, otherwise this conclusion is invalid.

Even if his assertion about talking time is true, that does not mean the observations of Dr.Field is wrong. The author doesn't mention who these children are talking to. Perhaps the children do spend more time talking about their biological parents than about other adults in the village, but they are actually talking with other adults who rear them. If this is correct, then the children actually spend more time living with other adults in the village, while they like talk with the adults about their biological parents. Unless the author can provide specific evidence to eliminate this kind of possibility, he cannot deny the conclusion made by Dr.Field.

Furthermore, even the Dr.Field's conclusion is incorrect, it is unsound for the writer to conclude that the observation-centered approach to studying cultures is invalid as well. It is very possible the conclusion only fails on the research on this particular island but successes on the research of other islands. If the author can offer the evidence that the conclusion made by Dr.Field also contradicts with the phenomenon on all other islands, then this assertion may be correct.
To sum up, the author needs to provide more detail information and data about the research result he gains on all of the islands where he has performed the interview to convince me that his assertion on talking time is correct. What's more, unless he provides evidence that disprove all the observation results made by Dr.Field are wrong, he cannot persuade me to believe that the observation-centered approach to studying cultures is invalid as well.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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...er tries to prove that the result of Dr.Fields study on child-rearing traditions is in...
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...lausible, but with further looking at it,the argument is filled with a lot of logica...
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...ake its conclusion completely unsound. In the first place, the arguer claims ...
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...e group of islands that includes Tertia show those children talking about their biol...
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...is actually the opposite. To assert the authors conclusion, he must provide detail info...
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...therwise this conclusion is invalid. Even if his assertion about talking time...
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...at does not mean the observations of Dr.Field is wrong. The author doesnt mention who...
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...ations of Dr.Field is wrong. The author doesnt mention who these children are talking ...
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...e cannot deny the conclusion made by Dr.Field. Furthermore, even the Dr.Fiel...
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... deny the conclusion made by Dr.Field. Furthermore, even the Dr.Fields conclu...
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...ield. Furthermore, even the Dr.Fields conclusion is incorrect, it is unsound ...
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...esses on the research of other islands. If the author can offer the evidence that ...
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...evidence that the conclusion made by Dr.Field also contradicts with the phenomenon on...
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... then this assertion may be correct. To sum up, the author needs to provide m...
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...a about the research result he gains on all of the islands where he has performed the inte...
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...s assertion on talking time is correct. Whats more, unless he provides evidence that ...
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Suggestion: Field
... all the observation results made by Dr.Field are wrong, he cannot persuade me to bel...
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Discourse Markers used:
['actually', 'also', 'but', 'first', 'furthermore', 'if', 'look', 'may', 'so', 'then', 'thus', 'well', 'while', 'kind of', 'such as', 'talking about', 'to sum up', 'in the first place']

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

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.229508196721 0.25644967241 89% => OK
Verbs: 0.15368852459 0.15541462614 99% => OK
Adjectives: 0.104508196721 0.0836205057962 125% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0655737704918 0.0520304965353 126% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0553278688525 0.0272364105082 203% => Less pronouns wanted. Try not to use 'you, I, they, he...' as the subject of a sentence
Prepositions: 0.129098360656 0.125424944231 103% => OK
Participles: 0.0327868852459 0.0416121511921 79% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.97843813936 2.79052419416 107% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0266393442623 0.026700313972 100% => OK
Particles: 0.00204918032787 0.001811407834 113% => OK
Determiners: 0.110655737705 0.113004496875 98% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0184426229508 0.0255425247493 72% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0143442622951 0.0127820249294 112% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2857.0 2731.13054187 105% => OK
No of words: 448.0 446.07635468 100% => OK
Chars per words: 6.37723214286 6.12365571057 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.60065326758 4.57801047555 100% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.401785714286 0.378187486979 106% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.319196428571 0.287650121315 111% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.243303571429 0.208842608468 117% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.122767857143 0.135150697306 91% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.97843813936 2.79052419416 107% => OK
Unique words: 194.0 207.018472906 94% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.433035714286 0.469332199767 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Word variations: 47.5167934047 52.1807786196 91% => OK
How many sentences: 17.0 20.039408867 85% => OK
Sentence length: 26.3529411765 23.2022227129 114% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.6693484538 57.7814097925 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 168.058823529 141.986410481 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.3529411765 23.2022227129 114% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.05882352941 0.724660767414 146% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.14285714286 97% => OK
Language errors: 17.0 3.58251231527 475% => Correct essay format wanted or double check grammar & spelling issues after essay writing.
Readability: 58.2725840336 51.9672348444 112% => OK
Elegance: 1.42537313433 1.8405768891 77% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.254063212217 0.441005458295 58% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.183258765654 0.135418324435 135% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.128406816205 0.0829849096947 155% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.622547427108 0.58762219726 106% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.126419866702 0.147661913831 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.12124298526 0.193483328276 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0525705267042 0.0970749176394 54% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.443366190405 0.42659136922 104% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0984541075344 0.0774707102158 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.182332051989 0.312017818177 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0301501266834 0.0698173142475 43% => The ideas may be duplicated in paragraphs.

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.33743842365 60% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 6.87684729064 102% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.82512315271 104% => OK
Positive topic words: 3.0 6.46551724138 46% => OK
Negative topic words: 5.0 5.36822660099 93% => OK
Neutral topic words: 2.0 2.82389162562 71% => OK
Total topic words: 10.0 14.657635468 68% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6 -- The score is based on the average performance of 20,000 argument essays. This e-grader is not smart enough to check on arguments.
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