The following appeared in a memorandum from the manager of WWAC radio station.
"To reverse a decline in listener numbers, our owners have decided that WWAC must change from its current rock-music format. The decline has occurred despite population growth in our listening area , but that growth has resulted mainly from people moving here after their retirement. We must make listeners of these new residents. We could switch to a music format tailored to their tastes, but a continuing decline in local sales of recorded music suggests limited interest in music. Instead we should change to a news and talk format, a form of radio that is increasingly popular in our area."
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.
The memorandum from the WWAC radio station conclude to change their content oof current rock-music format to news and talk format. The manager must be come to this conclusion based on the certain evidence such as there is decline in listening to music despite increase in population. Also, the growth is believed to be continue as the radio serve as news and talk format because people are moving to the city of radio station after their retirement, and they are fond of news rather than music. However, the manager's assumption might be true if he is able to answer the following questions.
Firstly, what if the tase of people who came after their retirement are fond of music rather than news? or in other words what if the person retiring from their duty after retirement wants to listen music as they have missed a romantic part of their life decorated by music? Then, they must want to listen the music and indulge in the feeling of lyrical milieu. Also, they might want to be magnanimous in the beautiful nostalgia in the past. They might want to be with their loved ones in beautiful passionate environment. If such scenario is true, then the assumptions made by the manager above is critically weaken.
Secondly, what if the people in the city of radio station are buying the recorded music as much as they do in the past when the WWAC radio station is gaining a much profit and the data of sales show less buying of recorded music because another format of music is exported much ore greater than buying of recorded music? There might be the case as the data from the music storing is showing less selling of the recorded music as other music might have got much higher sale, which makes the selling data of recorded music very less. Also, there might be the wrong data regarding selling of recorded music from the music store which gives the false impression of lowering the passion of recorded music. If both scenario above is true, then the assumption made by the manager doesn't hold water.
Lastly, what if the rock-music now are not the taste of rock-music past? that is, what if the saccharine in the rock music in the past is not found today. The different person might like different compositions in the music like someone may love lyrics or other may love cadence. Also, the retired population that were came after retirement may like the things that the WWAC music station is not delivering. If such cases is true, then the assumptions made in in the argument above can be doubt.
In conclusion, the argument, as it stands now is considerably flawed due to its reliance on several unwarranted assumptions. If the manager is able to answer the three questions above and offer more evidence (perhaps in the form of systematic research study), then it will be possible to fully evaluate the viability of the assumptions to shift from rock-music form to news and talk form of WWAC radio station.
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Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.0 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 9 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 11 2
No. of Sentences: 19 15
No. of Words: 512 350
No. of Characters: 2356 1500
No. of Different Words: 202 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.757 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.602 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.355 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 136 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 105 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 69 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 43 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 26.947 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 13.686 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.842 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.35 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.35 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.129 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 1 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 509, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'managers'' or 'manager's'?
Suggestion: managers'; manager's
...of news rather than music. However, the managers assumption might be true if he is able ...
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Line 2, column 104, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Or
...ent are fond of music rather than news? or in other words what if the person retir...
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Line 2, column 481, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
... They might want to be with their loved ones in beautiful passionate environment. If...
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Line 2, column 610, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'weakened'.
Suggestion: weakened
...made by the manager above is critically weaken. Secondly, what if the people in the c...
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Line 3, column 159, Rule ID: A_MUCH_NN1[1]
Message: Maybe you should omit the article "a", leaving only 'much'.
Suggestion: much
... when the WWAC radio station is gaining a much profit and the data of sales show less ...
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Line 3, column 391, Rule ID: FEWER_LESS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'fewer'? The noun selling is countable.
Suggestion: fewer
... data from the music storing is showing less selling of the recorded music as other ...
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Line 3, column 773, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...then the assumption made by the manager doesnt hold water. Lastly, what if the rock-m...
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Line 4, column 73, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: That
...w are not the taste of rock-music past? that is, what if the saccharine in the rock ...
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Line 4, column 318, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'come'.
Suggestion: come
... Also, the retired population that were came after retirement may like the things th...
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Line 4, column 456, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: in
...ases is true, then the assumptions made in in the argument above can be doubt. In co...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, firstly, however, if, lastly, may, regarding, second, secondly, so, then, in conclusion, such as, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.6327345309 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 11.1786427146 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 13.6137724551 51% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 20.0 28.8173652695 69% => OK
Preposition: 80.0 55.5748502994 144% => OK
Nominalization: 21.0 16.3942115768 128% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2404.0 2260.96107784 106% => OK
No of words: 511.0 441.139720559 116% => OK
Chars per words: 4.70450097847 5.12650576532 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.75450408675 4.56307096286 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.40769882772 2.78398813304 86% => OK
Unique words: 212.0 204.123752495 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.414872798434 0.468620217663 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 760.5 705.55239521 108% => 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: 7.0 8.76447105788 80% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.70958083832 185% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 19.7664670659 106% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 22.8473053892 105% => OK
Sentence length SD: 67.0119629216 57.8364921388 116% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.476190476 119.503703932 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.3333333333 23.324526521 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.95238095238 5.70786347227 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 10.0 5.25449101796 190% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 8.20758483034 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 6.88822355289 44% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.67664670659 128% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.266957257741 0.218282227539 122% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0833554926599 0.0743258471296 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0780276199644 0.0701772020484 111% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.160584698564 0.128457276422 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0830366218614 0.0628817314937 132% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 14.3799401198 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 48.3550499002 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.197005988 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.28 12.5979740519 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.61 8.32208582834 91% => OK
difficult_words: 90.0 98.500998004 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 12.3882235529 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.1389221557 104% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => 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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