A pet food company recalled 4 million pounds of pet food in response to complaints that pets that had consumed the food experienced vomiting, lethargy, and other signs of illness. After the recall, the pet food company tested samples from the recalled food and determined that all chemicals found in the food were chemicals that are approved for use in pet food. Thus, the recalled food was not responsible for these symptoms, and the company should not devote further resources to the investigation.
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 if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
In the given promnpt, the author concludes that the company should rescind further resources to the investigation. The author arrives at this conclusion based on the premise of a test, conducted by the company, resulting in a clean chit that all the chemicals used in pet food were approved. The conclusion drawn by the author might hold water, it rests on several unfounded assumptions that, if not substantiated, dramatically weakens the persuasiveness of the argument. Therefore, before could evaluate the arguments, these assumptions must be addressed.
First of all, it is stated that the company recalls 4 millions pounds of pet food in response to complaints. However, it not clear, 4 million accounts for what proportion of the total supplies? It is possible that company has supplies of over 10 million throughout the nation and only 4 million pounds attracted complaints. It may not have been the representitive of the whole pet food production. Therefore, we cannot affirm that the chemical used in pet food were necessarily approved, due to limited scope of the test. Also, the author fails to provide data regarding the number of complaints. If either of the above is warranted, then the conclusion drawn in the origianl argument does not hold water.
Secondly,the pet owners assumes that symptoms developed in their pets were solely due to the pet food they consumed. However, this might not be the case. It is highly likely that the pet would have consumed another obnixious material while on a walk. It is also possible that the pet would have contracted a viral flu that had developed symptoms such as vomiting, lethargy, etc. If the above is true, then argument is weakened.
Finally, the author assumes that the company conducted a fair and partial test on the pet food. Was the test conducted scientifically? The author fails to provide any scientific data or reports regarding the test. It is highly likely that the test could have been manipulated, as it is against their own product. Also, there is no third party agency or authority to govern the testing. Moreover, it is stated that only a few samples from the recalled food was tested. It may not have been the representitive of the whole pet food recalled. Unless, the author provides the scientifical lab reports of the test, the scope and reliability of the test canot be verified. If the above has merit, then the argument is significantly weakened.
In conclusion, the arguemnt as it stands now, is considerbaly flawed due to its reliance on several unwarranted assumptions. If the author is able to address the above stated assumptions and perhaps conduct a third party scientifical study, then it will be possible to evaluate the viability of the given argument.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 126, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'clears'?
Suggestion: clears
...response to complaints. However, it not clear, 4 million accounts for what proportion...
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Line 5, column 9, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , the
...rgument does not hold water. Secondly,the pet owners assumes that symptoms develo...
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Line 7, column 452, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...hat only a few samples from the recalled food was tested. It may not have been th...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, however, if, may, moreover, regarding, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, third, while, in conclusion, such as, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 26.0 19.6327345309 132% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.9520958084 93% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 11.1786427146 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 13.6137724551 95% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 28.8173652695 118% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 55.5748502994 92% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 16.3942115768 55% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2303.0 2260.96107784 102% => OK
No of words: 457.0 441.139720559 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.03938730853 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.62358717085 4.56307096286 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89721816323 2.78398813304 104% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 204.123752495 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.459518599562 0.468620217663 98% => OK
syllable_count: 710.1 705.55239521 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 4.96107784431 262% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.76447105788 114% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 2.70958083832 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 19.7664670659 137% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 22.8473053892 70% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.452721581 57.8364921388 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.2962962963 119.503703932 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.9259259259 23.324526521 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.55555555556 5.70786347227 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.25449101796 57% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.20758483034 73% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 6.88822355289 160% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.67664670659 214% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.35155828299 0.218282227539 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0965881495943 0.0743258471296 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.126217499172 0.0701772020484 180% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.189480039916 0.128457276422 148% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.121241475594 0.0628817314937 193% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.8 14.3799401198 75% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 48.3550499002 114% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.197005988 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.66 12.5979740519 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.99 8.32208582834 96% => OK
difficult_words: 103.0 98.500998004 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.1389221557 75% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.9071856287 92% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 126, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'clears'?
Suggestion: clears
...response to complaints. However, it not clear, 4 million accounts for what proportion...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 9, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , the
...rgument does not hold water. Secondly,the pet owners assumes that symptoms develo...
^^^^
Line 7, column 452, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...hat only a few samples from the recalled food was tested. It may not have been th...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, however, if, may, moreover, regarding, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, third, while, in conclusion, such as, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 26.0 19.6327345309 132% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.9520958084 93% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 11.1786427146 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 13.6137724551 95% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 28.8173652695 118% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 55.5748502994 92% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 16.3942115768 55% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2303.0 2260.96107784 102% => OK
No of words: 457.0 441.139720559 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.03938730853 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.62358717085 4.56307096286 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89721816323 2.78398813304 104% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 204.123752495 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.459518599562 0.468620217663 98% => OK
syllable_count: 710.1 705.55239521 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 4.96107784431 262% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.76447105788 114% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 2.70958083832 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 19.7664670659 137% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 22.8473053892 70% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.452721581 57.8364921388 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.2962962963 119.503703932 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.9259259259 23.324526521 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.55555555556 5.70786347227 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.25449101796 57% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.20758483034 73% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 6.88822355289 160% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.67664670659 214% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.35155828299 0.218282227539 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0965881495943 0.0743258471296 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.126217499172 0.0701772020484 180% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.189480039916 0.128457276422 148% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.121241475594 0.0628817314937 193% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.8 14.3799401198 75% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 48.3550499002 114% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.197005988 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.66 12.5979740519 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.99 8.32208582834 96% => OK
difficult_words: 103.0 98.500998004 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.1389221557 75% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.9071856287 92% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.