The following appeared in a recommendation from the President of the Amburg Chamber of Commerce.
"Last October, the city of Belleville installed high-intensity lighting in its central business district, and vandalism there declined almost immediately. The city of Amburg, on the other hand, recently instituted police patrols on bicycles in its business district. However, the rate of vandalism here remains constant. Since high-intensity lighting is clearly the most effective way to combat crime, we recommend using the money that is currently being spent on bicycle patrols to install such lighting throughout Amburg. If we install this high-intensity lighting, we will significantly reduce crime rates in Amburg."
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.
The President of the Amburg Chamber of Commerce recommends to install a high-intensity lighting in the Amburg replacing its police patrols. It is based on the assumption that the crime rates will dwindle rapidly once the high-intensity lighting is installed in Amburg. The conclusion is based on the premise that the high-intensity lighting was very much effective in the City of Belville and it will do so in the city of Amburg. However, lots of questions need to be answered before one can comfortably arrive at the effectiveness of the recommendation. The recommendation relies on unstated assu...
- Advances in transportation and communication like the airplane and the telephone have changed the way that nations interact with each other in a global society. Choose another technological innovation that you think is important. Give specific reasons for 100
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Life today is easier and more comfortable than it was when your grandparents were children.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 93
- Claim Any piece of information referred to as a fact should be mistrusted since it may well be proven false in the future Reason Much of the information that people assume is factual actually turns out to be inaccurate 85
- The following appeared in a memorandum from the planning department of an electric power company Several recent surveys indicate that home owners are increasingly eager to conserve energy At the same time manufacturers are now marketing many home applianc 80
- Explain the points made in the lecture on how they cast doubt with the points in the reading passage. 100
flaws:
No. of Words: 666 350
It is on top list:
http://www.testbig.com/essay-categories/gmatgre
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 6.0 out of 6
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 38 15
No. of Words: 666 350
No. of Characters: 3535 1500
No. of Different Words: 258 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 5.08 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.308 4.6
Word Length SD: 3.264 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 266 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 214 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 169 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 123 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 17.526 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.916 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.447 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.281 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.502 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.14 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 7 5