The following appeared in an article written by Dr. Karp, an anthropologist.
"Twenty years ago, Dr. Field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of Tertia and concluded from his observations that children in Tertia were reared by an entire village rather than by their own biological parents. However, my recent interviews with children living in the group of islands that includes Tertia show that these children spend much more time talking about their biological parents than about other adults in the village. This research of mine proves that Dr. Field's conclusion about Tertian village culture is invalid and thus that the observation-centered approach to studying cultures is invalid as well. The interview-centered method that my team of graduate students is currently using in Tertia will establish a much more accurate understanding of child-rearing traditions there and in other island cultures."
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
According to the argument, the author concludes that the interview-centric approach to studying cultures is more reliable method in place of Dr. Field observation-method. He further states that his graduate students ongoing research will provide an apt understanding of the child-raising traditions in cultures. The author comes to this conclusion by recently conducting an interview with children living in the group of islands. While the author’s assertion could prove true, as it stands now, the argument relies on three unwarranted assumptions that hinders its credibility.
Firstly, the author assumes that the participants in his interview are representative of the entire children in the area of Tertia, but this might not be the case. Perhaps the author conducted his interview when the children who may understand the author’s questions as well as provide accurate input have gone to school and thus leaving the author with children who are still relatively small to comprehend. In addition, it is possible that the children that was interviewed by author are children who have recently migrated with their parents from low lands to the area of Tertia. If either scenario above proves true, then the author’s argument that the children of Tertia spend more time talking about their biological parents than other adults in the community does not hold water.
Moreover, the author assumes that Dr. Field observation research that was conducted twenty years is still viable and reliable in recent time, but this might not be case. It's possible that the area of Tertia and it environ was invaded by deadly disease or domineering community and thus wiping out the entire habitants of Tertia who were Dr. Field's respondents. Also, there is a probability that while the people of Tertia was conquered in war and a new authority emerged the process of acculturation surfaced and hence, may have impacted both social and psychological wellbeing. If either of this scenario prove true, then the author's argument that Dr. Field's research that was conducted twenty years ago is invalid does not hold water.
Lastly, the author assumes that his graduate students who are currently undergoing a similar research in Tertia will provide a much more accurate understanding of the child-bearing practice in Tertia and other cultures but this might not hold true. It's possible that these graduate student may not employ a scientific approach in their search for an appropriate respondent. For instance, probably because the area of Tertia and other Islands have an unfavorable terrain and topography, graduate students may decide to unprofessionally fill the interview notes or even interview a very small number of children thereby skewing the result and conclusion of the research. It is also possible that these graduate students do not employ the same research or interview indicator as the author. If either of this scenario prove true, then the author's assumption that his graduate students will provide a reliable and valid result does not hold water.
In conclusion, the author's claim that the interview-centred approach in studying cultures is more valid than the observation method is plausible. However, the author needs to justify his assumptions in order to increase the persuasiveness of his conclusion.
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Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 8 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 9 2
No. of Sentences: 19 15
No. of Words: 524 350
No. of Characters: 2750 1500
No. of Different Words: 219 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.784 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.248 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.891 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 212 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 163 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 129 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 62 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 27.579 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.741 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.842 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.386 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.586 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.11 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 215, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'environs'?
Suggestion: environs
...possible that the area of Tertia and it environ was invaded by deadly disease or domine...
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Line 5, column 628, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...r of this scenario prove true, then the authors argument that Dr. Fields research that ...
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Line 7, column 84, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[3]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'similar research'.
Suggestion: similar research
...e students who are currently undergoing a similar research in Tertia will provide a much more accu...
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Line 7, column 836, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...er of this scenario prove true, then the authors assumption that his graduate stu...
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Line 7, column 838, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
... of this scenario prove true, then the authors assumption that his graduate students w...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, lastly, may, moreover, so, still, then, thus, well, while, for instance, in addition, in conclusion, talking about, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.6327345309 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.9520958084 85% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 11.1786427146 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 24.0 13.6137724551 176% => OK
Pronoun: 44.0 28.8173652695 153% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 52.0 55.5748502994 94% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 16.3942115768 73% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2802.0 2260.96107784 124% => OK
No of words: 524.0 441.139720559 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.34732824427 5.12650576532 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.7844588288 4.56307096286 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95623684534 2.78398813304 106% => OK
Unique words: 224.0 204.123752495 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.427480916031 0.468620217663 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 846.9 705.55239521 120% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 4.96107784431 101% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.76447105788 91% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.70958083832 185% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 19.7664670659 96% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 22.8473053892 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.3232994966 57.8364921388 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 147.473684211 119.503703932 123% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.5789473684 23.324526521 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.10526315789 5.70786347227 160% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.25449101796 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.20758483034 85% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 6.88822355289 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.67664670659 171% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.190584946034 0.218282227539 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0700221764765 0.0743258471296 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0442308560044 0.0701772020484 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.113156221186 0.128457276422 88% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0451805261584 0.0628817314937 72% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.6 14.3799401198 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.07 48.3550499002 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 12.197005988 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.05 12.5979740519 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.68 8.32208582834 104% => OK
difficult_words: 123.0 98.500998004 125% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 12.3882235529 93% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.1389221557 115% => 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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