The following report appeared in the newsletter of the West Meria Public Health Council.
"An innovative treatment has come to our attention that promises to significantly reduce absenteeism in our schools and workplaces.
A study reports that in nearby East Meria, where fish consumption is very high, people visit the doctor only once or twice per year for
the treatment of colds. Clearly, eating a substantial amount of fish can prevent colds. Since colds represent the most frequently given
reason for absences from school and work, we recommend the daily use of Ichthaid — a nutritional supplement derived from fish oil —
as a good way to prevent colds and lower absenteeism."
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 report recommends that Ichthaid, a nutritional supplement derived from fish oil, to prevent colds, will help decrease the number of absenteeism in schools and workplaces, which was a common reason for absences from school and workplaces. To support this recommendation, the Public Health Council points out a study conducted in nearby East Meria, where fish consumption and fewer visits to doctors to treat colds were abundant. However, scrutiny of the
argument reveals that the argument is logically flawed in several critical respects, rendering it unconvincing.
Firstly, the author assumes that the reports in nearby East Maria are based on the facts. Less number of visits to the doctor for the treatment of colds does not necessarily indicate that they do not catch
colds more often. The city's residents may use homeopathic treatment to cure a cold and only visit the doctors if they have severe symptoms. It is also possible that the survey might have data from only some years, which might not
represent the actual number of people suffering from cold in that area. If either case is valid, the assumption regarding the number efficacy of fish consumption falls apart.
Furthermore, the author assumes that fish-derived Ichthaid will help prevent cold. However, being a nutritional supplement does not indicate the significant nutrient essential to prevent colds. For instance, other nutrients present in the body of fish, like omega fatty acids, the fish's skin, etc., might have the potential to provide the nutrients needed to prevent colds. If this is the case, merely using Ichthaid in citizens' diets will not produce the intended results.
Finally, the author assumes that eating fish is the only reason for the low number of colds nearby. However, when considering the fact, the author overlooks the possibility of other factors, such as people's diets and lifestyles. Perhaps, the people's diet might contain not only fish but other nutrients
like salmon, lentils, and other nutrient-rich food that might have contributed to their immunity. Also, the city's people might have incorporated daily exercise routines to keep themselves healthy. Therefore, the author's assumption might not hold water without ruling out the abovementioned possibility.
In conclusion, while the recommendation might prove beneficial, it is rife with several unwarranted assumptions, which might render it unpersuasive if not explained in detail. Thus, the council should study long-term reliable data regarding the diets, lifestyle, number of people infected from cold, and the composition of nutrient that helps prevention from cold
to evaluate whether the change in the diet prevents colds and lower absenteeism.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 457, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... were abundant. However, scrutiny of the argument reveals that the argument is lo...
^^^
Line 4, column 206, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...essarily indicate that they do not catch colds more often. The citys residents ma...
^^^
Line 11, column 213, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...keep themselves healthy. Therefore, the authors assumption might not hold water without...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, look, may, regarding, so, therefore, thus, while, for instance, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 19.6327345309 51% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 11.1786427146 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 13.6137724551 110% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 28.8173652695 69% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 55.5748502994 88% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 16.3942115768 91% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2309.0 2260.96107784 102% => OK
No of words: 422.0 441.139720559 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.47156398104 5.12650576532 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.53239876712 4.56307096286 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77346866465 2.78398813304 100% => OK
Unique words: 226.0 204.123752495 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.535545023697 0.468620217663 114% => OK
syllable_count: 681.3 705.55239521 97% => 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: 14.0 8.76447105788 160% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.22255489022 142% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 19.7664670659 96% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 22.8473053892 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.5931575416 57.8364921388 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.526315789 119.503703932 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2105263158 23.324526521 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.78947368421 5.70786347227 136% => OK
Paragraphs: 10.0 5.15768463074 194% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 3.0 5.25449101796 57% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.67664670659 86% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0765924912166 0.218282227539 35% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0258960378313 0.0743258471296 35% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0472136446466 0.0701772020484 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0334832045712 0.128457276422 26% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0558545128445 0.0628817314937 89% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.4 14.3799401198 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.3550499002 102% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.197005988 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.45 12.5979740519 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.44 8.32208582834 113% => OK
difficult_words: 126.0 98.500998004 128% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 12.3882235529 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.1389221557 97% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.9071856287 118% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 16.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 457, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... were abundant. However, scrutiny of the argument reveals that the argument is lo...
^^^
Line 4, column 206, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...essarily indicate that they do not catch colds more often. The citys residents ma...
^^^
Line 11, column 213, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...keep themselves healthy. Therefore, the authors assumption might not hold water without...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, look, may, regarding, so, therefore, thus, while, for instance, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 19.6327345309 51% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 11.1786427146 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 13.6137724551 110% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 28.8173652695 69% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 55.5748502994 88% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 16.3942115768 91% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2309.0 2260.96107784 102% => OK
No of words: 422.0 441.139720559 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.47156398104 5.12650576532 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.53239876712 4.56307096286 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77346866465 2.78398813304 100% => OK
Unique words: 226.0 204.123752495 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.535545023697 0.468620217663 114% => OK
syllable_count: 681.3 705.55239521 97% => 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: 14.0 8.76447105788 160% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.22255489022 142% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 19.7664670659 96% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 22.8473053892 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.5931575416 57.8364921388 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.526315789 119.503703932 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2105263158 23.324526521 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.78947368421 5.70786347227 136% => OK
Paragraphs: 10.0 5.15768463074 194% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 3.0 5.25449101796 57% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.67664670659 86% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0765924912166 0.218282227539 35% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0258960378313 0.0743258471296 35% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0472136446466 0.0701772020484 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0334832045712 0.128457276422 26% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0558545128445 0.0628817314937 89% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.4 14.3799401198 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.3550499002 102% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.197005988 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.45 12.5979740519 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.44 8.32208582834 113% => OK
difficult_words: 126.0 98.500998004 128% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 12.3882235529 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.1389221557 97% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.9071856287 118% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 16.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.