Two years ago, radio station WCQP in Rockville decided to increase the number of call-in advice programs that it broadcast; since that time, its share of the radio audience in the Rockville listening area has increased significantly. Given WCQP's recent success with call-in advice programming, and citing a nationwide survey indicating that many radio listeners are quite interested in such programs, the station manager of KICK in Medway recommends that KICK include more call-in advice programs in an attempt to gain a larger audience share in its listening area.
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.
Based on the fact that radio station WCPQ in Rockville has increased its audience sharing since it increased the numver of call-in advice programs two year ago and that a nationwide survey indicated that many radio listeners are quite interested in such programs, a manger of KICK radio station claim that KICK radio station should increase more call in advice programs to gain a larger audience share in its listening area. This argument include several dubious assumption and therefore, ins convincing as it stands.
First, this recommendation is questionable in that it does not answer the issue of what really caused the increase on the WCQP’s audience share. Is it because of the increase of so-called call-in advice program? While the manager, basing on the fact that WCQP’s success followed broadcasting of the programs, assumes that inclusion of the format itself is the true case cause, there could be numerous other factors that actually explain the success. Perhaps, WCQP’s expansion of the audience might be the result of moving for many people toward the listening area of the WCQP radio station or changing from boring DJ to interesting DJ. Even, competition diminished because of bankruptcy of other radio station. Without answering to these possibilities, this recommendation is hardly persuasive.
Second, the manager of KICK also fails to provide an effective answer to the question of whether audience groups of Rockville and Medway share commonality in their tastes. Although they may resemble each other, it is possible that Medway’s residents have a numver of totally different traits from people of Rockville. Unlike the qudence group of Rockville, most rado listeners of Medway may be those who preger the traditional radio program formats such as local news, light chattering, or music programs. Without knowing the nature of Medway audiences, we cannot evaluate the relevance of the manager’s reasoning.
Thirdly, this recommendation should also explain away the possibility that Medway’s potential radio audience group is not typical of the nationwide audience. The simple fact that there has been a significant increase in the number of people interested in the call-in advice programs the across the country does not guarantee that residents of Medway also have been interested in the format of radio program. In order to evaluate it better, we need to know if the listeners of KICK are representative of the whole nation.
Finally even conceding that Medway listeners are typical of the country, this argument also omits the proper answer to another question; will the taste of the current listeners remain unchanged in the near future? Common sense tells us that fashions and passions are generally ephemeral. Though the radio’s call-in adcive programs gained popularity for the past two years, we don not know if it will last for a significant time in the future. To evaluate the wisdom of this recommendation, we also need to know about the trait of the listeners around the region of Medway.
To sum, this argument is poorly persuasive and thus as it stands. To evaluate it better, we need to be infoemed about actual case of the success WCQP has made and the nature of Medway’s radio listeners-are they similar to those of Rockville? Can they represent the national trend? And, will their current passion remain unchanged in the near future?
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Essay evaluation report
Sentence: Although they may resemble each other, it is possible that Medway's residents have a numver of totally different traits from people of Rockville.
Error: may Suggestion: No alternate word
Error: numver Suggestion: number
Sentence: Unlike the qudence group of Rockville, most rado listeners of Medway may be those who preger the traditional radio program formats such as local news, light chattering, or music programs.
Error: may Suggestion: No alternate word
Error: rado Suggestion: No alternate word
Error: news Suggestion: No alternate word
Error: qudence Suggestion: quench
Error: preger Suggestion: prefer
Sentence: Though the radio's call-in adcive programs gained popularity for the past two years, we don not know if it will last for a significant time in the future.
Error: adcive Suggestion: advise
Sentence: To evaluate it better, we need to be infoemed about actual case of the success WCQP has made and the nature of Medway's radio listeners-are they similar to those of Rockville?
Error: infoemed Suggestion: informed
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argument 1 -- OK
argument 2 -- not exactly. need to argue:
Given WCQP's recent success with call-in advice programming, and citing a nationwide survey indicating that many radio listeners are quite interested in such programs
argument 3 -- not exactly
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 12 2
No. of Sentences: 23 15
No. of Words: 547 350
No. of Characters: 2778 1500
No. of Different Words: 245 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.836 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.079 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.651 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 224 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 155 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 107 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 66 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 23.783 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 14.105 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.565 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.292 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.518 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.099 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 6 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 440, Rule ID: MASS_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'includes'.
Suggestion: includes
...re in its listening area. This argument include several dubious assumption and therefor...
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Line 5, column 74, Rule ID: WHETHER[3]
Message: Wordiness: Shorten this phrase to the shortest possible suggestion.
Suggestion: whether; the question whether
...fails to provide an effective answer to the question of whether audience groups of Rockville and Medway...
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Line 7, column 438, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'betters', 'wells'?
Suggestion: betters; wells
... radio program. In order to evaluate it better, we need to know if the listeners of KI...
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Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Finally,
... representative of the whole nation. Finally even conceding that Medway listeners ar...
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Line 11, column 67, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...oorly persuasive and thus as it stands. To evaluate it better, we need to be infoe...
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Line 11, column 82, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'betters', 'wells'?
Suggestion: betters; wells
...e and thus as it stands. To evaluate it better, we need to be infoemed about actual ca...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, finally, first, if, may, really, second, so, therefore, third, thirdly, thus, while, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.6327345309 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 11.1786427146 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 13.6137724551 110% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 28.8173652695 163% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 82.0 55.5748502994 148% => OK
Nominalization: 25.0 16.3942115768 152% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2887.0 2260.96107784 128% => OK
No of words: 547.0 441.139720559 124% => OK
Chars per words: 5.27787934186 5.12650576532 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.83611736076 4.56307096286 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84167992541 2.78398813304 102% => OK
Unique words: 261.0 204.123752495 128% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.477148080439 0.468620217663 102% => OK
syllable_count: 889.2 705.55239521 126% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 4.96107784431 242% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 3.0 8.76447105788 34% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.22255489022 142% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 19.7664670659 116% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 22.8473053892 101% => OK
Sentence length SD: 82.8946994139 57.8364921388 143% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.52173913 119.503703932 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.7826086957 23.324526521 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.69565217391 5.70786347227 82% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.15768463074 116% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 5.25449101796 114% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 8.20758483034 158% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 6.88822355289 44% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.67664670659 150% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.360487059832 0.218282227539 165% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0848672844055 0.0743258471296 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.114072623688 0.0701772020484 163% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.193350516642 0.128457276422 151% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.140751080911 0.0628817314937 224% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.3799401198 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.3550499002 100% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.197005988 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.64 12.5979740519 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.62 8.32208582834 104% => OK
difficult_words: 133.0 98.500998004 135% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 18.0 12.3882235529 145% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.1389221557 101% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.9071856287 76% => 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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