In a study of the reading habits of Waymarsh citizens conducted by the University of Waymarsh, most respondents said they preferred literary classics as reading material. However, a second study conducted by the same researchers found that the type of book most frequently checked out of each of the public libraries in Waymarsh was the mystery novel. Therefore, it can be concluded that the respondents in the first study had misrepresented their reading preferences.
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.
While it seems that respondents in the first study had misrepresented their reading preferences, but there is lot of weakness in the arguement.
It is stated that in first study that people preffered studying literacy classics, but it is not mentioned do people study these books inside libraries or check out these books. In an another study it was found that most of the people in Waymarch preferred studying books in libraries rather than borrowing them. Number of books cheched out is very low. Popularity of kind of books can not be determined by number of times they are borrowed.
Furthermore, classical literacy books are like a treasury for the libraries, these books are very expensive to borrow. Most of the people finishes reading books within 2-3 hours. Maybe people prefer these books in the library as they can be finished in less time, and borrowing them is not economical.
Moreover, number of classical litaracy books in libraries is very less as compared to other type of books. While library has highest number of Mystery books follwed by children's painting books. Mystery books are checked out more often maybe because they are in abudance as compared to literacy classics rather than because of popularity. People prefer studying literacy classics, but as they are very few in number, avid readers starts reading different type of books.
Waymarsh readers are typically more than 50 years old. Most of these readers preferred reading classic books. These readers are more interested in reading book in the library with thier friends. While mystery novel is usually read by childrens who are more likely to borrow book. Sometimes mystery book is borrowed by parents for their childrens.
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Essay evaluation report
The arguments are on the wrong track.
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: ??? out of 6
Category: Poor Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 17 15
No. of Words: 281 350
No. of Characters: 1399 1500
No. of Different Words: 133 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.094 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.979 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.461 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 102 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 80 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 53 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 29 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 16.529 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.279 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.471 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.383 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.383 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.176 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 1 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 181, Rule ID: AN_ANOTHER[1]
Message: One of these determiners is redundant in this context. Choose only one: 'a study' or 'another study'.
Suggestion: a study; another study
... libraries or check out these books. In an another study it was found that most of the people in...
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Line 2, column 427, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ot be determined by number of times they are borrowed. Furthermore, classical li...
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Line 4, column 72, Rule ID: COMP_THAN[1]
Message: Comparison requires 'than', not 'then' nor 'as'.
Suggestion: than
...itaracy books in libraries is very less as compared to other type of books. While ...
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Line 4, column 108, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “While” 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.
...ess as compared to other type of books. While library has highest number of Mystery b...
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Line 4, column 122, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[2]
Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'has the highest'.
Suggestion: has the highest
...d to other type of books. While library has highest number of Mystery books follwed by chil...
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Line 4, column 402, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: few
...literacy classics, but as they are very few in number, avid readers starts reading different ...
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Line 4, column 402, Rule ID: FEW_IN_NUMBER[1]
Message: Use simply 'few'.
Suggestion: few
...literacy classics, but as they are very few in number, avid readers starts reading different ...
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Line 5, column 195, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “While” 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.
...book in the library with thier friends. While mystery novel is usually read by childr...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, if, may, moreover, so, while, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.6327345309 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 12.9520958084 15% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 11.1786427146 45% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 5.0 13.6137724551 37% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 28.8173652695 76% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 55.5748502994 74% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 16.3942115768 12% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1431.0 2260.96107784 63% => OK
No of words: 281.0 441.139720559 64% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.09252669039 5.12650576532 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09427095027 4.56307096286 90% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.53294799278 2.78398813304 91% => OK
Unique words: 133.0 204.123752495 65% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.473309608541 0.468620217663 101% => OK
syllable_count: 445.5 705.55239521 63% => 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: 0.0 8.76447105788 0% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.67365269461 239% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 19.7664670659 86% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 22.8473053892 70% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.6043875817 57.8364921388 65% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.1764705882 119.503703932 70% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.5294117647 23.324526521 71% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.64705882353 5.70786347227 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 5.25449101796 152% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.20758483034 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 6.88822355289 29% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.67664670659 150% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.183165664966 0.218282227539 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0751708062805 0.0743258471296 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0629977210022 0.0701772020484 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.119330821639 0.128457276422 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0233053036186 0.0628817314937 37% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.8 14.3799401198 75% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 48.3550499002 114% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.197005988 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.95 12.5979740519 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.63 8.32208582834 92% => OK
difficult_words: 57.0 98.500998004 58% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.1389221557 75% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.9071856287 92% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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