Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a 500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read would cost Acme only $500 per employee—a small price to pay when you consider the benefits. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, to improve productivity, Acme should require all of our employees to take the Easy Read course."
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the advice 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 advice.
The author of the argument purportedly highlights that take the speed reading course will provide an opportunity for an employee not only to read faster but also increase productivity and they should all participate in this course. However, the premises upon which he puts his claim are fallacious. For the support of which more well-established evidence should be given.
First, the author embraces the idea that other companies alleged that this course will increase employee's productivity. However, it does not lend credence to the argument since there is no sufficient evidence to support if productivity is just related to reading faster. One point that should be considered is that there are many factors like intelligence, talent, skills and so forth, that determine whether an employee is productive or not. Indeed, maybe companies want to make a substantial profit through this program and gaining money from employees. What if employees do not make a progress after getting the course and paying a vast some money?
The author also points out that some employees have been able to read many pages in two hours and this course provides fertile ground for an employee to receive a higher position in his/her job. Although it might seem tenable at a face, it has some defects due to the paucity of evidence that would consolidate the premise, the otherwise. One of the main, if not the only, problem with the premise is that maybe the author use this example in order to attract more employees and the main purpose of these examples is just advertising the speed-reading course, who knows? Alongside that, gaining a higher position depend on various items and will not occur as soon as possible or just by reading faster.
Finally, as set forth by the author this course will cost 500 dollars per employee wit further program in other cities. Nevertheless, the rationale behind this premise could be challenged owing to an inadequate evidence to support if all employees could afford such price and take part in this course. One point that should not go unnoticed is that the author does not mention how much employees receive from companies every month and, indeed, maybe majorities of the salaries are less than 500 dollars annually. So, the employees might not be able to participate in this program otherwise, they face some difficulties in their personal lives.
Having scrutinized the premises, a logical conclusion that can be drawn is that there is some evidence having been ignored by the author while the presence of which could add to the logic of each premise.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 587, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[1]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'progress'.
Suggestion: progress
...mployees. What if employees do not make a progress after getting the course and paying a v...
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Line 6, column 382, Rule ID: MUCH_COUNTABLE[1]
Message: Use 'many' with countable nouns.
Suggestion: many
...is that the author does not mention how much employees receive from companies every ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, may, nevertheless, so, well, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.6327345309 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.9520958084 116% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 11.1786427146 107% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 13.6137724551 132% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 28.8173652695 118% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 55.5748502994 81% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 16.3942115768 79% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2162.0 2260.96107784 96% => OK
No of words: 430.0 441.139720559 97% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02790697674 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.55372829156 4.56307096286 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63781216193 2.78398813304 95% => OK
Unique words: 223.0 204.123752495 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.518604651163 0.468620217663 111% => OK
syllable_count: 666.0 705.55239521 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 4.96107784431 81% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.76447105788 91% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 19.7664670659 86% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 22.8473053892 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.4755242342 57.8364921388 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.176470588 119.503703932 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.2941176471 23.324526521 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.35294117647 5.70786347227 76% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.25449101796 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.20758483034 85% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.67664670659 86% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.256215481189 0.218282227539 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0796112262117 0.0743258471296 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.067382180607 0.0701772020484 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.143719629961 0.128457276422 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.047262428076 0.0628817314937 75% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.9 14.3799401198 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 54.56 48.3550499002 113% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.197005988 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.19 12.5979740519 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.29 8.32208582834 100% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 98.500998004 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 12.3882235529 93% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.1389221557 108% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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