The following appeared as part of an article in a business magazine. "A recent study rating 300 male and female Mentian advertising executives according to the average number of hours they sleep per night showed an association between the amount of sleep the executives need and the success of their firms. Of the advertising firms studied, those whose executives reported needing no more than 6 hours of sleep per night had higher profit margins and faster growth. These results suggest that if a business wants to prosper, it should hire only people who need less than 6 hours of sleep per night."
In the passage a report on study of average number of hours sleep required per night for 300 male and female Mentian advertising executives is presented. According to author, the amount of sleep the executives need and the success of their firms are associated to each other. Based on several questionable premises and weak assumptions, it is concluded in the article that success of buisness depends on number of people who need less than 6 hours of sleep per night.
The presented study has been carried out with a small group of people and whether they refer to same type of firm or different,...
- Learning is primarily a matter of personal discipline students cannot be motivated by school or college alone 70
- The following appeared in a memorandum from the manager of WWAC radio station. "To reverse a decline in listener numbers, our owners have decided that WWAC must change from its current rock-music format. The decline has occurred despite population growth 93
- Claim : Many problems of modern society cannot be solved by laws and the legal system.Reason: Laws cannot change what is in people's hearts or minds. 59
- Some people believe that corporations have a responsibility to promote the well being of the societies and environments in which they operate Others believe that the only responsibility of corporations provided they operate within the law is to make as mu 63
- Students should always question what they are taught instead of accepting it passively. 54
Sentence: Based on several questionable premises and weak assumptions, it is concluded in the article that success of buisness depends on number of people who need less than 6 hours of sleep per night.
Error: buisness Suggestion: business
Sentence: In-spite of observing the amount of sleep needed for marketing executives, the average number of hours they can work with higher efficiencies should be examined to decide the workability of executives.
Error: workability Suggestion: No alternate word
Sentence: To hire only people who require sleep less than 6 hours for the success of buisness can have adverse effects also because work efficiency of such kind of people can be lower.
Error: buisness Suggestion: business
It is on top list:
http://www.testbig.com/essay-categories/gmatgre
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 5.5 out of 6
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 3 2
No. of Sentences: 19 15
No. of Words: 456 350
No. of Characters: 2177 1500
No. of Different Words: 191 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.621 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.774 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.507 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 153 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 103 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 67 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 45 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 24 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.24 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.368 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.343 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.561 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.069 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5