The following appeared in an e-mail sent by the marketing director of the Classical Shakespeare Theatre of Bardville.
"Over the past ten years, there has been a 20 percent decline in the size of the average audience at Classical Shakespeare Theatre productions. In spite of increased advertising, we are attracting fewer and fewer people to our shows, causing our profits to decrease significantly. We must take action to attract new audience members. The best way to do so is by instituting a 'Shakespeare in the Park' program this summer. Two years ago the nearby Avon Repertory Company started a 'Free Plays in the Park' program, and its profits have increased 10 percent since then. Therefore, I recommend that we start a 'Shakespeare in the Park' program of our own. If we do so, I predict that our profits wil also see a significant increase."
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 argument claims that there has been a decline in the number of audiences in Classical Shakespeare Theatre and to solve this problem marketing director of the theatre offers to conduct a program that is called 'Shakespeare in the Park'. Stated in this way the argument fails to mention several key factors, on the basis of which it could be evaluated. The conclusion of this argument relies on assumptions for which there is no clear evidence. Hence the argument is weak, unconvincing and has several flaws.
First, the argument readily assumes that number of audiences is decreased because they...
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