The following appeared as part of an article in a business magazine.
"A recent study rating 300 male and female Mentian advertising executives according to the average number of hours they sleep per night showed an association between the amount of sleep the executives need and the success of their firms. Of the advertising firms studied, those whose executives reported needing no more than 6 hours of sleep per night had higher profit margins and faster growth. These results suggest that if a business wants to prosper, it should hire only people who need less than 6 hours of sleep per night."
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
In the situation presented, a study was done on advertising executives to see if there was a correlation between the success of the business and the amount of hours slept. The author states that those who reposted needing 6 hours or less of sleep a night had higher statistics, thereby coming to the conclusion that to have a prosperous business, employees should only need 6 hours of sleep, maximum, a night. This argument at hand is unsubstantiated and contains many weak assumptions, which prove the claims to be unwarranted.
The recent “study” that was done was not explained at all in the argument above. There is no description as to how data was collected. The author assumes that the statistics are all true and correct. Was a survey given out to the subjects of the study? If so, the data collected self reported and is based on how truthful the executives were with their answers. However, many executives may have exaggerated their success rates to seem superior to others. If a thorough explanation as to how the study was performed had been included in the statement, the author may have had a stronger argument.
Based on the study done on the executive members, it was concluded that those who needed no more than 6 hours of sleep had higher profit margins and faster growth. However, the author fails to identify whom they are comparing. The author would be comparing the success of those who needed 6 hours of sleep with those who needed 4 hours of sleep. The assumption is unclear as to which two groups are being contrasted. For a stronger, more compelling argument, the author would have stated that the group was being compared to those who slept for more than 6 hours.
The author makes a generalization that if a business wants to prosper, then only people who need 6 hours or less of sleep a night should be hired. Assuming that the information collected from the study held some merit to it, the study was done only on advertising executives. The author, again, makes an assumption that all business will succeed if they hire those who sleep less. For example, if a business required workers to be alert and focused at all times, individuals who sleep for no more than 6 hours will be detrimental to the success of the company. In order for this generalization to be valid, the author must specify that advertising businesses should hire those who sleep less than 6 hours.
Arguably, the study does show some correlation between those who sleep 6 hours or less and higher profit margins and faster growth. However, due to the lack of strong evidence it is unclear as to what the exact correlation is. This weak evidence results in false assumptions. Ultimately, this argument relies on a poor foundation and can easily be taken apart.
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- The following appeared as part of an article in a business magazine."A recent study rating 300 male and female Mentian advertising executives according to the average number of hours they sleep per night showed an association between the amount of sleep t 62
- Knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporti 75
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 234, Rule ID: FEWER_LESS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'fewer'? The noun hours is countable.
Suggestion: fewer
...t those who reposted needing 6 hours or less of sleep a night had higher statistics,...
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Line 7, column 109, Rule ID: FEWER_LESS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'fewer'? The noun hours is countable.
Suggestion: fewer
...r, then only people who need 6 hours or less of sleep a night should be hired. Assum...
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Line 9, column 83, Rule ID: FEWER_LESS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'fewer'? The noun hours is countable.
Suggestion: fewer
...tion between those who sleep 6 hours or less and higher profit margins and faster gr...
^^^^
Discourse Markers used:
['however', 'if', 'may', 'so', 'then', 'as to', 'for example']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.213883677298 0.25644967241 83% => OK
Verbs: 0.181988742964 0.15541462614 117% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0750469043152 0.0836205057962 90% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0300187617261 0.0520304965353 58% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0131332082552 0.0272364105082 48% => OK
Prepositions: 0.112570356473 0.125424944231 90% => OK
Participles: 0.0581613508443 0.0416121511921 140% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.75620433321 2.79052419416 99% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0356472795497 0.026700313972 134% => OK
Particles: 0.00187617260788 0.001811407834 104% => OK
Determiners: 0.136960600375 0.113004496875 121% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0206378986867 0.0255425247493 81% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0337711069418 0.0127820249294 264% => Maybe 'Which' is overused. If other WH_determiners like 'Who, What, Whom, Whose...' are used too in sentences, then there are no issues.
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2784.0 2731.13054187 102% => OK
No of words: 480.0 446.07635468 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.8 6.12365571057 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.68069463864 4.57801047555 102% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.316666666667 0.378187486979 84% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.220833333333 0.287650121315 77% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.175 0.208842608468 84% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.108333333333 0.135150697306 80% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75620433321 2.79052419416 99% => OK
Unique words: 206.0 207.018472906 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.429166666667 0.469332199767 91% => OK
Word variations: 48.0795866091 52.1807786196 92% => OK
How many sentences: 24.0 20.039408867 120% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.2022227129 86% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.8638534748 57.7814097925 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.0 141.986410481 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0 23.2022227129 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.291666666667 0.724660767414 40% => More Discourse Markers wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.14285714286 97% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 3.58251231527 84% => OK
Readability: 42.0833333333 51.9672348444 81% => OK
Elegance: 1.70833333333 1.8405768891 93% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.428037942929 0.441005458295 97% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0996923524566 0.135418324435 74% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0596197250431 0.0829849096947 72% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.518552367709 0.58762219726 88% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.13514108876 0.147661913831 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.166644962074 0.193483328276 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0904091305315 0.0970749176394 93% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.436514783009 0.42659136922 102% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0905586529005 0.0774707102158 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.311641371604 0.312017818177 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0655578245946 0.0698173142475 94% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 8.33743842365 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 6.87684729064 102% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.82512315271 83% => OK
Positive topic words: 9.0 6.46551724138 139% => OK
Negative topic words: 6.0 5.36822660099 112% => OK
Neutral topic words: 3.0 2.82389162562 106% => OK
Total topic words: 18.0 14.657635468 123% => OK
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Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 Out of 6 -- The score is based on the average performance of 20,000 argument essays. This e-grader is not smart enough to check on arguments.
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