The following appeared in a memo from the director of a large group of hospitals.
"In a laboratory study of liquid antibacterial hand soaps, a concentrated solution of UltraClean produced a 40 percent greater reduction in the bacteria population than did the liquid hand soaps currently used in our hospitals. During a subsequent test of UltraClean at our hospital in Workby, that hospital reported significantly fewer cases of patient infection than did any of the other hospitals in our group. Therefore, to prevent serious patient infections, we should supply UltraClean at all hand-washing stations throughout our hospital system."
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.
Argument claims that hospital should have Ultraclean at all hand-washing station through our hospital system in order to prevent patient’s infection. Author of the argument adduces information including Ultraclean is more at reduction of the bacteria population than the hospital current usage of soap. Further, there was subsequent test for the soap and there was fewer patients who was infected by bacteria. The argument seems logical at first glance, but there are unsubstantiated assumptions that affect the argument persuasion.
First and foremost, when author said that Ultraclean was forty percent greater than recent hospital usage, he conceals the assumption that in that forty percent of bacteria population is infectious and deleterious. However, bacteria is not all infectious and deleterious, even in human’s body, there are hundreds of thousands bacterial population to cooperate the function of organism. Therefore, there should be evident additional information to afford this idea. Likewise, author assumes that liquid soap that is currently used in hospital could not eliminate infectious and deleterious bacteria. However, the data or statistics which is not shown in argument, does not explain about tractability of current hospital soap.
Secondly, writer adduces the opinion that subsequent test tells that Ultraclean is very helpful for preventing bacterial infection in patients. However, there is unproven assumption that how well the comparison is fitted. For example, subsequent test is held in the hospital where it has many types of operation while the comparison was the physical therapy. Then, this suggestion does not strengthened the point of argument. Furthermore, comparison between two hospitals should have at least similar circumstances. Since there is not so much about the information that shows the atmosphere of each hospital, then it couldn’t be helpful to make conclusion.
In conclusion, since there are unproven assumption from the argument, writer’s conclusion can’t be substantiated in accordance with his illogical reason.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 391, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[3]
Message: The verb 'does' requires base form of the verb: 'strengthen'
Suggestion: strengthen
...therapy. Then, this suggestion does not strengthened the point of argument. Furthermore, com...
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Line 7, column 41, Rule ID: THERE_RE_MANY[3]
Message: Possible agreement error. Did you mean 'assumptions'?
Suggestion: assumptions
...In conclusion, since there are unproven assumption from the argument, writer's conclu...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, however, likewise, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, well, while, as for, at least, for example, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.6327345309 107% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.9520958084 39% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 11.1786427146 63% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 13.6137724551 110% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 28.8173652695 62% => OK
Preposition: 36.0 55.5748502994 65% => OK
Nominalization: 24.0 16.3942115768 146% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1801.0 2260.96107784 80% => OK
No of words: 307.0 441.139720559 70% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.8664495114 5.12650576532 114% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18585898806 4.56307096286 92% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.11304211417 2.78398813304 112% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 204.123752495 82% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.547231270358 0.468620217663 117% => OK
syllable_count: 547.2 705.55239521 78% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59920159681 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 4.96107784431 40% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.471057884232 212% => OK
Article: 2.0 8.76447105788 23% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
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: 19.0 22.8473053892 83% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.4250487963 57.8364921388 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.5625 119.503703932 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.1875 23.324526521 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.75 5.70786347227 153% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 5.15768463074 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 2.0 5.25449101796 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.20758483034 61% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.67664670659 107% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.123962648244 0.218282227539 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0391312618668 0.0743258471296 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0476237237405 0.0701772020484 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0780858795528 0.128457276422 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0385516589189 0.0628817314937 61% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.8 14.3799401198 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.27 48.3550499002 73% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 12.197005988 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.77 12.5979740519 133% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.47 8.32208582834 114% => OK
difficult_words: 95.0 98.500998004 96% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.1389221557 86% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 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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