Argument 108 提纲

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Arg 108 stock domestic cheeses only -o

66) The following appeared in a memo from the owner of a chain of cheese stores located throughout the United States.

For many years all the stores in our chain have stocked a wide variety of both domestic and imported cheeses. Last year, however, all of the five best-selling cheeses at our newest store were domestic cheddar cheeses from Wisconsin. Furthermore, a recent survey by Cheeses of the World magazine indicates an increasing preference for domestic cheeses among its subscribers. Since our company can reduce expenses by limiting inventory, the best way to improve profits in all of our stores is to discontinue stocking many of our varieties of imported cheese and concentrate primarily on domestic cheeses.

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.

107) The following appeared in a memo from the business manager of a chain of cheese stores located throughout the United States.

For many years all the stores in our chain have stocked a wide variety of both domestic and imported cheeses. Last year, however, all of the five best-selling cheeses at our newest store were domestic cheddar cheeses from Wisconsin. Furthermore, a recent survey by Cheeses of the World magazine indicates an increasing preference for domestic cheeses among its subscribers. Since our company can reduce expenses by limiting inventory, the best way to improve profits in all of our stores is to discontinue stocking many of our varieties of imported cheese and concentrate primarily on domestic cheeses.

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.

108) The following appeared in a memo from the owner of a chain of cheese stores located throughout the United States.

For many years all the stores in our chain have stocked a wide variety of both domestic and imported cheeses. Last year, however, all of the five best-selling cheeses at our newest store were domestic cheddar cheeses from Wisconsin. Furthermore, a recent survey by Cheeses of the World magazine indicates an increasing preference for domestic cheeses among its subscribers. Since our company can reduce expenses by limiting inventory, the best way to improve profits in all of our stores is to discontinue stocking many of our varieties of imported cheese and concentrate primarily on domestic cheeses.

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.



G1: For many years all the stores in our chain have stocked a wide variety of both domestic and imported cheeses.
G2: Last year, however, all of the five best-selling cheeses at our newest store were domestic cheddar cheeses from Wisconsin.
G3: Furthermore, a recent survey by Cheeses of the World magazine indicates an increasing preference for domestic cheeses among its subscribers.
G4: Since our company can reduce expenses by limiting inventory,

C1the best way to improve profits in all of our stores is to discontinue stocking many of our varieties of imported cheese and concentrate primarily on domestic cheeses.


A1 (G2, C1): The best selling cheeses are the main source of revenue and profits.

A2 (G1, C1): The customers do not value the wide variety of cheeses available.

A3 (G3, C1): The survey is reliable and useful.

A4 (G4, C1): The expenses saved is significant relative to the profits that are given up.


need to know more about the sales records of different cheeses in all the stores
- cannot look at newest stores alone; need to consider the sales records of all the stores
- need to consider the sales records of all cheeses (maybe the top best selling cheese only amount to less than half of total sales)


need to see if the subscribers of the magazines are similar to the target customers of the cheese stores

need to see if the customers like to mix domestic and imported cheese when they shop
- maybe they value diversity and choice
- they may buy more domestic cheese but also order a bit of imported cheese


need to analyze the profit margins of different cheeses
- maybe the profit margin of foreign cheese is higher than domestic cheese
- compare the contribution of the foreign cheese sale to the profits with the inventory expense





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