The following appeared in an article written by Dr. Karp, an anthropologist.
"Twenty years ago, Dr. Field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of Tertia and concluded from his observations that children in Tertia were reared by an entire village rather than by their own biological parents. However, my recent interviews with children living in the group of islands that includes Tertia show that these children spend much more time talking about their biological parents than about other adults in the village. This research of mine proves that Dr. Field's conclusion about Tertian village culture is invalid and thus that the observation- A centered approach to studying cultures is invalid as well. The interview-centered method that my team of graduate students is currently using in Tertia will establish a much more accurate understanding of child-rearing traditions there and in other island cultures."
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument
Cited from the article written by Dr. Karp : The conclusions of the observation-centered approach conducted by Dr. Field is invalid and thus the interview-centered approach by Dr. Karp and team gives more accurate understanding of studying cultures. This argument written in the article is invalid as it is based on unstated assumptions caused by lack of exhaustive research and generalization of the two methods. The following set of evidences are required to evaluate the argument.
Firstly, the author, Dr. Karp, is too quick to assume that the interview-centered method performed by his team is accurate and depicts the real scenario of the child rearing practice in the group of islands containing Tertia. He fails to provide evidence that the interview questions were not biased. Perhaps, for instance, it might be the case that the interview questions were designed to focus on the biological parents only rather than about the other village members. Perhaps, the team members were not true to their job and thus there is a chance that the results are tainted. If this is the case then the argument does not hold water.
Secondly, the scope of study in both the approaches are not defined in the article articulately. Since it is mentioned that the Dr. Karp's study was about overall culture of the society thus might have given less focus on the child rearing practices, which is the prime focus of Dr. Field's study. Similarly, evidence about what are the bases of comparison between the Tertia and other islands in that region. The evidence related to these would unveil the real scenario and thus would make the argument's credibility fragile.
Furthermore, the author, Dr. Karp, assumes that the results of a observation done twenty years ago can be comparable with the new approach performed in that region. The evidence about the family structure, employment status, lifestyle etc needs to be assessed before comparing the results of two methods done twenty years apart. Perhaps, for instance, the people of Tertia island were involved in mining works and thus all of the children were reared by a group of society member for ease. But now, due to the increase in income the females are not in work and thus take care of their children themselves.
To conclude, the argument made by Dr. Karp is invalid at best until different evidences required discussed in above paragraphs are known to the mem
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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: 5 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 5 2
No. of Sentences: 17 15
No. of Words: 401 350
No. of Characters: 1970 1500
No. of Different Words: 198 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.475 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.913 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.749 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 137 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 111 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 72 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 39 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 23.588 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.211 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.706 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.318 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.318 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.08 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 1 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 583, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “If” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
... a chance that the results are tainted. If this is the case then the argument does...
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Line 3, column 493, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'arguments'' or 'argument's'?
Suggestion: arguments'; argument's
...e real scenario and thus would make the arguments credibility fragile. Furthermore, the ...
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Line 4, column 64, 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
..., Dr. Karp, assumes that the results of a observation done twenty years ago can b...
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Line 4, column 419, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
... were involved in mining works and thus all of the children were reared by a group of soci...
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Line 5, column 98, Rule ID: NEEDS_FIXED[1]
Message: "required discussed" is only accepted in certain dialects. For something more widely acceptable, try 'discussing' or 'to be discussed'.
Suggestion: discussing; to be discussed
...best until different evidences required discussed in above paragraphs are known to the me...
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Line 5, column 148, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...in above paragraphs are known to the mem
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, furthermore, if, second, secondly, similarly, so, then, thus, for instance
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.6327345309 127% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.9520958084 39% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 11.1786427146 89% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 13.6137724551 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 19.0 28.8173652695 66% => OK
Preposition: 59.0 55.5748502994 106% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 16.3942115768 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2012.0 2260.96107784 89% => OK
No of words: 401.0 441.139720559 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.0174563591 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.47492842339 4.56307096286 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82219384514 2.78398813304 101% => OK
Unique words: 202.0 204.123752495 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.503740648379 0.468620217663 107% => OK
syllable_count: 629.1 705.55239521 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 4.96107784431 60% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.76447105788 103% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.22255489022 47% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 19.7664670659 86% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 22.8473053892 101% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.3675458809 57.8364921388 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.352941176 119.503703932 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.5882352941 23.324526521 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.58823529412 5.70786347227 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 5.25449101796 114% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 8.20758483034 37% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.67664670659 171% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.233907465448 0.218282227539 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0652963242782 0.0743258471296 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0547658822003 0.0701772020484 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.125106087066 0.128457276422 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0406136325132 0.0628817314937 65% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 14.3799401198 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.3550499002 100% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.197005988 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.5979740519 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.52 8.32208582834 102% => OK
difficult_words: 95.0 98.500998004 96% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 12.3882235529 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.1389221557 101% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.9071856287 118% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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