In a study of the music listening preferences of Hollyland residents, conducted by the University
of Sunnyland, most respondents listed their favorite type of music as country. However, another
study indicated that, in Hollyland, the most frequently downloaded songs were all in the popular
music genre. Therefore, it can be assumed that the respondents in the initial study were not
truthful about their music listening habits.
The studies conducted both recently and in the past have an apparent discrepancy in the results. The past study highlights the preference of Hollyland residents towards popular music while the study by University of Sunnyland suggest it is actually country music. Due to this discrepancy of difference in change of taste in music of Hollyland residents, and due to the obvious flaws supporting that inclination to one type of music, the conclusion of the argument is deemed invalid.
The first flaw is the the arguments assertion that it is the old study that is correct while the new study is wrong. What is the backing evidence regarding this strong support for one particular study? Even if it is assumed that factually the old study is correct, we still do not have evidence behind the data collection that was conducted to justify the accuracy of the results. Statistics such as the sample population size, the actual number of downloads or even the standard deviation from each music type are absent from the argument. It could be possible that there were only 50 downloads on the website and 50% of those were from just one IP Address. Moreover, we do not even know of the application or webpage that supports that downloads, leaving the reader in state of confusion. There could also be other external factors that influenced the downloads, such as neighbouring towns; since the GPS cannot restrict to just Sunnyland explicitly. With this major flaw, it is necessary to provide factual data to make the point. Data for the downloads, registered downloads, and buffering out both random data and repeated data to obtain a proper set. A trend line could be observed which could be translated to a histrogram to observe the results clearly.
Another flaw in the argument is the lack of consideration of time. Time is an important factor when conducting studies. It could be possible that the old study was conducted in 1990 while the new study is conducted in 2019. This shift in time corresponds to a shift in at least one whole generation for example and anything can change over a period of time, including preferences. A Hollyland teenager today may wish to go back to his roots at present when compared to before when he was more interested in listening to what was on Billboard Hot 100. An alternative explanation for the time fallacy can also be the current boom of country music in the Hollyland. This could be possible through country artists frequently performing in Sunnyland, allowing the residents to change their preferences. The argument can be improved by clearing stating the date and time of when the research when conducted firstly. Next, the argument should outline why time changes is certainly not the case for change in preferences, through facts.
In conclusion, due to the fact the the studies do not match and there is no significant proof to suggest which study came first, the argument loses its assertion. Additionally, due to the time fallacy and the belief that the past study of downloaded music is correct, the argument becomes uncertain and leads the conclusion to be invalid.
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Essay evaluation report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 24 15
No. of Words: 526 350
No. of Characters: 2543 1500
No. of Different Words: 244 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.789 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.835 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.665 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 170 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 149 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 103 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 73 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 21.917 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.794 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.542 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.285 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.447 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.085 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 19, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
... deemed invalid. The first flaw is the the arguments assertion that it is the old ...
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Line 5, column 19, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
... deemed invalid. The first flaw is the the arguments assertion that it is the old ...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 27, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'arguments'' or 'argument's'?
Suggestion: arguments'; argument's
...invalid. The first flaw is the the arguments assertion that it is the old study that...
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Line 11, column 343, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
... example and anything can change over a period of time, including preferences. A Hollyland tee...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 17, column 32, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
... In conclusion, due to the fact the the studies do not match and there is no si...
^^^^^^^
Line 17, column 32, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
... In conclusion, due to the fact the the studies do not match and there is no si...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, first, firstly, if, may, moreover, regarding, so, still, while, at least, for example, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 32.0 19.6327345309 163% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.9520958084 93% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 11.1786427146 107% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 13.6137724551 132% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 28.8173652695 101% => OK
Preposition: 74.0 55.5748502994 133% => OK
Nominalization: 21.0 16.3942115768 128% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2614.0 2260.96107784 116% => OK
No of words: 526.0 441.139720559 119% => OK
Chars per words: 4.96958174905 5.12650576532 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78901763229 4.56307096286 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74363584049 2.78398813304 99% => OK
Unique words: 251.0 204.123752495 123% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.477186311787 0.468620217663 102% => OK
syllable_count: 801.9 705.55239521 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 4.96107784431 141% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.76447105788 137% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.22255489022 95% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 19.7664670659 121% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 22.8473053892 92% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.27518212 57.8364921388 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.916666667 119.503703932 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9166666667 23.324526521 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.20833333333 5.70786347227 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 5.15768463074 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 6.0 5.25449101796 114% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.67664670659 192% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.17145338006 0.218282227539 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0506080214284 0.0743258471296 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0598469343144 0.0701772020484 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.126304850194 0.128457276422 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0861655957118 0.0628817314937 137% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 14.3799401198 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 48.3550499002 121% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.197005988 84% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.55 12.5979740519 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.25 8.32208582834 99% => OK
difficult_words: 119.0 98.500998004 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 12.3882235529 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.1389221557 93% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => 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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