The citizens of Forsythe have adopted more healthful lifestyles. Their responses to a recent survey show that in their eating habits they conform more closely to government nutritional recommendations than they did ten years ago. Furthermore, there has been a fourfold increase in sales of food products containing kiran, a substance that a scientific study has shown reduces cholesterol. This trend is also evident in reduced sales of sulia, a food that few of the healthiest citizens regularly eat.
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.
Although it is possible that the citizens of Forsythe have intentionally adopted healthier lifestyles, the argument provided is not a cogent means to reaching this conclusion. By noticing, analyzing, and challenging underlying assumptions, we can undermine the strength of the position presented above.
First, the argument assumes that health is determined be diet alone. In looking at the statement above, it is glaringly apparent that there is no discussion of exercise in the role of health. Endeavors into the health field show that leading a sedentary lifestyle damages the body and may lead to serious health conditions such as osteoporosis and arthritis later in life. Clearly, the role of physical movement is meaningful. In addition to addressing the impact of physical movement, the author needs to provide statistical data indicating upward health trends to bolster the argument. For example, the author can include information on the number of doctor visits for non-traumatic reasons, obesity rates, and the prevalence of heart attacks. Each of these factors influence health apart from food intake.
The second assumption is that the survey results are reliable and represent the population. For example, in the discipline of Psychology researchers hesitate before using a self-report measure because subjects often poorly report their own behavior. Many in the study likely fibbed about nutritional habits due to a sense of shame or embarrassment. The risk of this only increases if the study lacked anonymity. Still others may lack awareness of just how detrimental their diet is to their health. For this reason, the types of questions asked require analysis. Inquiring "do you eat healthy?" skews data to show a higher rate of healthy lifestyles, while interrogating "how often do you eat these specific foods?" indicates the truth more completely. Lastly, it is important to assess if the participants in the study are a representative sampling of the wider population. The answers of 10 people shopping at a local health foods store will produce a different result than the responses of hundreds of people selected at different times and locations. For these reasons, we must challenge the assumption that the survey presents reliable, accurate, and valid data.
The final assumption to challenge is that high kiran, low sulia foods were purchased intentionally by health conscious individuals. Why? For one, to say that residents of this town "adopted" healthier lifestyles, assumes they have intentionally chosen this path. However, we can wonder if these foods were chosen because they are cheaper, taste better, or are more widely accessible. For example, some unhealthy foods are heavily taxed making them more expensive than their healthier counterparts. Consider also that this increase might be a trend seen only at one store in the entire town. The argument would benefit by citing statistical information across multiple stores. For these reasons, we need to take this final assumption with a grain of salt.
For any of these challenges to underlying assumptions prove warranted, the conclusion is significantly weakened if not altogether false. The argument presented here would be thrown out, and ultimately might serve to damage any future notion that citizens are leading healthy lifestyles. In other words, this argument might serve to damage the reputation of the position.
The citizens of this town may truly lead healthier lifestyles than they did 10 years prior. Unfortunately, the argument presented does not allow for this conclusion. A failure to address underlying assumptions ultimately weakened the argument.
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Comments
Essay evaluation report
argument 1 -- no
argument 2 -- OK
argument 3 -- no, extra
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 2.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 33 15
No. of Words: 568 350
No. of Characters: 3011 1500
No. of Different Words: 296 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.882 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.301 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.844 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 229 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 177 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 139 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 94 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 17.212 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.618 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.515 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.222 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.432 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.075 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 6 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 33, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
Although it is possible that the citizens of Forsythe have intentionally ...
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Line 5, column 413, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Still,
...ncreases if the study lacked anonymity. Still others may lack awareness of just how d...
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Line 5, column 1189, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...nts reliable, accurate, and valid data. The final assumption to challenge is tha...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, lastly, look, may, second, so, still, while, apart from, for example, in addition, such as, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.6327345309 112% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 11.1786427146 89% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 13.6137724551 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 43.0 28.8173652695 149% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 65.0 55.5748502994 117% => OK
Nominalization: 26.0 16.3942115768 159% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3134.0 2260.96107784 139% => OK
No of words: 568.0 441.139720559 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.5176056338 5.12650576532 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.88187981987 4.56307096286 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.02796429049 2.78398813304 109% => OK
Unique words: 309.0 204.123752495 151% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.544014084507 0.468620217663 116% => OK
syllable_count: 980.1 705.55239521 139% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59920159681 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 4.96107784431 141% => OK
Article: 16.0 8.76447105788 183% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.67365269461 299% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.22255489022 142% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 32.0 19.7664670659 162% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 22.8473053892 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 40.5568659415 57.8364921388 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.9375 119.503703932 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.75 23.324526521 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.125 5.70786347227 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.15768463074 116% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.25449101796 57% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 17.0 6.88822355289 247% => Less 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: 0.192412045727 0.218282227539 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0407576917436 0.0743258471296 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0450387234533 0.0701772020484 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0923502393607 0.128457276422 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0350511765334 0.0628817314937 56% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 14.3799401198 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 45.76 48.3550499002 95% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.197005988 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.44 12.5979740519 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.29 8.32208582834 112% => OK
difficult_words: 173.0 98.500998004 176% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 12.3882235529 93% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.1389221557 79% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.9071856287 76% => 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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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.