Two years ago, radio station WCQP in Rockville decide to increase the number of call-in it advice programs that it broadcast; since that time, its share of the radio audience in the Rockville listening area has increased significantly.
The stated argument appears to be relatively sound at the first glance. However, as more light is thrown on the issue and more detailed facts are concerned, it is easy to see that the argument suffers from several grave fallacies in its assumption as well as commits a false analogy. The writer of the argument recommends that KICK in Medway include more call-in advice programs in an attempt to gain a large audience share in its listening area in that radio station WCQP in Rockville increased its audience by doing the same thing; however, this recommendation cannot be accepted as it is in that it rests on a number of premises all of which can be challenged in one way or another.
The first problem with the argument is that the writer assumes that the radio audience in the Rockville listening area has increased dramatically because of augmentation in the number of call-in advice programs. However, there is no evidence to prove that increasing in the number of call-in advice programs lead to augment the number of audiences. For instance, maybe the number of audiences have increased because of the fact that there are no call-in programs anymore in other radio stations and all the other stations cancelled these kinds of programs; therefore, these cancellations caused people who like call-in programs moved to listen to WCQP.
Another problem with the argument is that the writer assumes that according to the WCQP’s recent success and a nation survey illustrate that many radio listeners are quite enthusiasm in such programs. However, there is no evidence to definitely prove that this is the case. Actually, the mentioned survey in this argument didn’t show that the people who are participated in this survey not only are interested in listening to radio but also in such programs. As you know, in a research survey, the findings can be generalized to the target population if the sample used is representative of the concerned population in terms of age, sex, social class, culture, etc. Additionally, had this survey participated people who even not listen to the radio, it would fallow that the findings of this survey cannot be applied to the members of the population without reservations.
A third problem with the argument is that the writer not only does assume that things remain the same over the years, but he/she also compares two different radio station that either have two or three factors in share or there is nothing in common at all. First of all, two years ago have nothing to do with now; hence, it would not increase the number of audiences if the station manager of KICK included call-in advice programs. Furthermore, there is two different radio stations which mean that maybe there is tangentially analogy between them; therefore, the change that leads the WCQP to be successful cannot make the KICK successful as well.
In the final analysis, the writer’s recommendation cannot be taken to be correct because, as it was shown in the body paragraphs above, it depends on a number of assumptions each of which is dubious. The recommendation can only be acceptable if the weaknesses already referred to are all removed.
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Comments
Essay evaluation report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 15 15
No. of Words: 534 350
No. of Characters: 2579 1500
No. of Different Words: 227 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.807 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.83 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.66 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 188 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 140 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 92 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 54 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 35.6 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 17.118 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.867 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.364 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.62 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.157 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... be challenged in one way or another. The first problem with the argument is t...
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Line 3, column 412, Rule ID: BECAUSE_OF_THE_FACT_THAT[1]
Message: This phrase is redundant. Use simply 'because'.
Suggestion: because
... the number of audiences have increased because of the fact that there are no call-in programs anymore i...
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Line 5, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...-in programs moved to listen to WCQP. Another problem with the argument is tha...
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Line 7, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... the population without reservations. A third problem with the argument is tha...
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Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...not make the KICK successful as well. In the final analysis, the writer's...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, may, so, therefore, third, thus, well, for instance, you know, as well as, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.6327345309 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.9520958084 69% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 11.1786427146 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 25.0 13.6137724551 184% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 28.8173652695 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 81.0 55.5748502994 146% => OK
Nominalization: 25.0 16.3942115768 152% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2654.0 2260.96107784 117% => OK
No of words: 532.0 441.139720559 121% => OK
Chars per words: 4.98872180451 5.12650576532 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.80261649409 4.56307096286 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76530976002 2.78398813304 99% => OK
Unique words: 232.0 204.123752495 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.436090225564 0.468620217663 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 837.9 705.55239521 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 4.96107784431 121% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.76447105788 103% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.22255489022 47% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 19.7664670659 81% => 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: 33.0 22.8473053892 144% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 80.3284030947 57.8364921388 139% => OK
Chars per sentence: 165.875 119.503703932 139% => OK
Words per sentence: 33.25 23.324526521 143% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.25 5.70786347227 162% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.25449101796 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.20758483034 73% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 6.88822355289 116% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.67664670659 43% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.340324683336 0.218282227539 156% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.112188693543 0.0743258471296 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.115240358771 0.0701772020484 164% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.188824706891 0.128457276422 147% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.131655317083 0.0628817314937 209% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.7 14.3799401198 130% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.98 48.3550499002 79% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.2 12.197005988 133% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.25 12.5979740519 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.39 8.32208582834 101% => OK
difficult_words: 105.0 98.500998004 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 18.0 12.3882235529 145% => OK
gunning_fog: 15.2 11.1389221557 136% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.9071856287 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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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.