In a study of reading habits of Leeville citizens conducted by the University of Leeville, most respondents said they preferred literary classics as reading material. However, a follow-up study conducted by the same researchers found that the type of book most frequently checked out of each of the public libraries in Leeville was the mystery novel. Therefore, it can be concluded that the respondents in the first study had misrepresented their reading habits.
The author of this argument, relies on the study conducted by University of Leeville which has shown that the reading habits of Leeville citizens is more inclined towards literary classics. And further a follow up survey is also conducted by the same researchers and found that most people have issued mystery novels from the public libraries. So, the author have jumped to a conclusion that in their first study respondents have misinterpreted their reading habits. But, there are several factors that authors have not considered and naively concluded his/her argument.
To determine the validity of this argument we must inspect the study of peolpe of Leevile and study of public libraries. The argument in its current form form is not convincing enough as author makes too many unwarranted assumptions to it.
Firstly, the validity of study done by researchers has to be questioned. How many people have responded to it? What age group people they have studied? What were the questions in their study that they asked? This will give us a broader idea of how the study has been conducted and what have been their considerations in their study. There might be a possibilty that people they have studied usually belongs to 30-50 years age group but people of that age rarely visits library. People of age 15-30 usually are more frequent visitors to library.
Secondly, the question arises is that how many people do often visit library. Many people are much reading enthusiats that they maintain there own library and in no need of going to library to issue a book. And there is a possibility that the data of issuing of books is not properly maintained by library or recently have refereshed. One more question that can be raised that why only public libraries are to considered for the study there can be numerous private libraries from which people have issued books of their interest in literary classics. Moreover, the number of libraries covered under the study is a essential point to cover.
Thirdly, the time span between the two study should also be considered. May be the time between two study is such that the people interest for reading have changed. Or there can be demographic change in the city of Leevile that people have become more inclined towards mystery novels.
Therefore, unless the arguer will establish a link between study of reading habits to the study of books issuesd from the library it will be difficult to assume that the respondents misinterpreted their reading habits leaving the argument provided by the author does ambiguous. It is based on unconfirmed premises and he/she should have provided more evidence about the books present in the library in order to make argument more stronger and cogent. Hence, the conclusion made by arguer is indefensible.
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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: 468 350
No. of Characters: 2285 1500
No. of Different Words: 209 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.651 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.882 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.515 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 167 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 121 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 76 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 42 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 19.5 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 9.147 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.458 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.313 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.544 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.137 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 6 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 194, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... inclined towards literary classics. And further a follow up survey is also condu...
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Line 1, column 204, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...towards literary classics. And further a follow up survey is also conducted by the same...
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Line 3, column 150, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: form
... libraries. The argument in its current form form is not convincing enough as author make...
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Line 7, column 138, Rule ID: THERE_OWN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'their own'?
Suggestion: their own
...h reading enthusiats that they maintain there own library and in no need of going to libr...
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Line 7, column 613, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...of libraries covered under the study is a essential point to cover. Thirdly, t...
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Line 9, column 77, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[8]
Message: The proper name in singular (May) must be used with a third-person verb: 'is'.
Suggestion: is
...wo study should also be considered. May be the time between two study is such that...
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Line 11, column 426, Rule ID: MOST_COMPARATIVE[2]
Message: Use only 'stronger' (without 'more') when you use the comparative.
Suggestion: stronger
...n the library in order to make argument more stronger and cogent. Hence, the conclusion made ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, therefore, third, thirdly, thus, as to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.6327345309 127% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.9520958084 93% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 11.1786427146 107% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 13.6137724551 125% => OK
Pronoun: 40.0 28.8173652695 139% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 59.0 55.5748502994 106% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 16.3942115768 55% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2340.0 2260.96107784 103% => OK
No of words: 466.0 441.139720559 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02145922747 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.64618479453 4.56307096286 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58162265892 2.78398813304 93% => OK
Unique words: 207.0 204.123752495 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.444206008584 0.468620217663 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 742.5 705.55239521 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 4.96107784431 40% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.76447105788 91% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.70958083832 37% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.67365269461 179% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 19.7664670659 121% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 22.8473053892 83% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 56.2763364272 57.8364921388 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.5 119.503703932 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4166666667 23.324526521 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.70833333333 5.70786347227 82% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.15768463074 116% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 5.25449101796 133% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 8.20758483034 37% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 6.88822355289 145% => OK
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: 0.258094107488 0.218282227539 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0785950497147 0.0743258471296 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0757062065741 0.0701772020484 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.138829886396 0.128457276422 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0827718404467 0.0628817314937 132% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 14.3799401198 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.3550499002 108% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.197005988 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.5979740519 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.9 8.32208582834 95% => OK
difficult_words: 98.0 98.500998004 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.1389221557 86% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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