Twenty years ago, Dr. Field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of Tertia.
Using an observation-centered approach to studying Tertian culture, he concluded from his observations that children in Tertia were reared by an entire village rather than by their own biological parents. Recently another anthropologist, Dr. Karp, visited the group of islands that includes Tertia and used the interview-centered method to study child-rearing practices. In the interviews that Dr. Karp conducted with children living in this group of islands, the children spent much more time talking about their biological parents than about other adults in the village. Dr. Karp decided that Dr. Field's conclusion about Tertian village culture must be invalid.
Some anthropologists recommend that to obtain accurate information on Tertian child-rearing practices, future research on the subject should be conducted via the interview-centered method.
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.
While Island of Tertia appears to be rich in bonding, it is quite unclear about the rearing culture in this Island. While few surveys were conducted which reveal ambivalent results, it appears that these surveys are based on no clear evidence. On pedantic analysis of the survey conducted by both the anthropologists, there are few questions that both the anthropologists are required to answer for a more comprehensive and reliable outcome.
In the Observation-centred approach of Studying the Culture used by Dr. Field, he concludes the rearing nature of the children based on the mere observation. Here, it is pertinent for him to answer the accuracy of his observation. For instance answers to the Questions like "Was there any environmental or climatic impact on the Island during the time of his observation?" or Questions on the extent of the observation done shall be answered like "the extent of time spent by the children with their biological parents during the day as well as at night" shall be answered. Considering that it is an Island, there may be water flooding during particular seasons or in certain climatic conditions and so people live in a closed and confined spaces there by having a greater bond with each other. On answering such questions, a concrete conclusion can be made on the validity of the observation-centred approach.
Then, Dr. Karp conducts his survey on a similar topic as that of Dr. Field, but the outcomes are quite distinct. Dr. Karp concludes that the children spend more time talking about their bilogical parents and so the conclusions of Dr. Field's observation-centred approach stand invalid. While Dr. Karp's contentionsmight be true basis the fact that the other research was done 20 years ago, certain questions on the number of children interviewed, and the time of intwerview must be answered. If the interview restuls are based on the results of 2 or 3 Children, then such outcome of the interview shall not speak for the all the children in the Island. Also, if the children are spending mroe time with their biological parents during that period of time due to climatic or environmental conditions it is obvious that they will talk more about their biological parents as they spend more time with them. Thus, only on answering such questions, the validity of Dr. Karp's work can be concluded.
Finally, it is stated that anthropologist recommend to obtain accurate results in this field, only interview-centred methods shall be employed. While, this is a sound approach to conduct a research there may be flaws and drawback using this method and only after answering to such backdrops the conclusion the apt method shall be made. It is true that the two different researches provided ambivalent results, yet answers to questions like the population of inteview, types of questions asked, number of questions, etc are to be answered before finialising on the method of research ot suvey. On proving to be sound method, it might actually be possible to obtain accurate results.
Finally, it is wise to answer the questions stated in the above paragraphs before coming to a conclusion. While both the research results were based on valid techniques, the information is rife of holes and assumptions that require many questions to be answered.
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Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 14 2
No. of Sentences: 20 15
No. of Words: 544 350
No. of Characters: 2698 1500
No. of Different Words: 231 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.829 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.96 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.963 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 191 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 151 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 111 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 63 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 27.2 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 11.259 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.8 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.319 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.544 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.096 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 318, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...y conducted by both the anthropologists, there are few questions that both the an...
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Line 5, column 739, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...th their biological parents during that period of time due to climatic or environmental condit...
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Line 7, column 43, Rule ID: ADMIT_ENJOY_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the gerund form: 'recommend obtaining'.
Suggestion: recommend obtaining
...nally, it is stated that anthropologist recommend to obtain accurate results in this field, only in...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, finally, if, may, so, then, thus, well, while, for instance, talking about, as well as, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 35.0 19.6327345309 178% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.9520958084 93% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 11.1786427146 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 13.6137724551 88% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 28.8173652695 128% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 83.0 55.5748502994 149% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 16.3942115768 67% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2781.0 2260.96107784 123% => OK
No of words: 544.0 441.139720559 123% => OK
Chars per words: 5.11213235294 5.12650576532 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82947280553 4.56307096286 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.08973560808 2.78398813304 111% => OK
Unique words: 239.0 204.123752495 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.439338235294 0.468620217663 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 846.0 705.55239521 120% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 4.96107784431 181% => OK
Article: 4.0 8.76447105788 46% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 2.70958083832 221% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.67365269461 239% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.22255489022 118% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 19.7664670659 101% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 22.8473053892 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 68.800799414 57.8364921388 119% => OK
Chars per sentence: 139.05 119.503703932 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.2 23.324526521 117% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.95 5.70786347227 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.25449101796 57% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 6.88822355289 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.67664670659 235% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.1770228714 0.218282227539 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0634345002454 0.0743258471296 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0763185795546 0.0701772020484 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0907690627442 0.128457276422 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0656393667182 0.0628817314937 104% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.2 14.3799401198 113% => 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: 12.65 12.5979740519 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.72 8.32208582834 105% => OK
difficult_words: 129.0 98.500998004 131% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 12.3882235529 93% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.1389221557 115% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.9071856287 109% => 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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