Argument 25/100/102/164. Jazz club in Monroe

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25) The following was written as a part of an application for a small-business loan by a group of developers in the city of Monroe.
A jazz music club in Monroe would be a tremendously profitable enterprise. Currently, the nearest jazz club is 65 miles away; thus, the proposed new jazz club in Monroe, the C-Note, would have the local market all to itself. Plus, jazz is extremely popular in Monroe: over 100,000 people attended Monroe's annual jazz festival last summer; several well-known jazz musicians live in Monroe; and the highest-rated radio program in Monroe is 'Jazz Nightly,' which airs every weeknight at 7 P.M. Finally, a nationwide study indicates that the typical jazz fan spends close to $1,000 per year on jazz entertainment.
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.

Claim:
A jazz music club in Monroe would be a tremendously profitable enterprise.
Pro.1:
Currently, the nearest jazz club is 65 miles away; thus, the proposed new jazz club in Monroe, the C-Note, would have the local market all to itself.
Pro.2:
Plus, jazz is extremely popular in Monroe: over 100,000 people attended Monroe's annual jazz festival last summer; several well-known jazz musicians live in Monroe; and the highest-rated radio program in Monroe is 'Jazz Nightly,' which airs every weeknight at 7 P.M.
Pro.3:
Finally, a nationwide study indicates that the typical jazz fan spends close to $1,000 per year on jazz entertainment.

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Outline:
The group delivering an application for a small-business loan claims that operating a jazz music club in Monroe would be significantly lucrative. It is logical for them to offering facts in aspect of local market backgrounds, popularity of jazz music and data on jazz entertainment consumption, but this application needs further evidences on mentioned jazz club, popularity of jazz and consumption habits of jazz fans in Monroe.

The group mentions that the closest jazz club is far from Monroe (65 miles away)，implicating a potential opportunity of C-Note without displaying any sales data of the extent club. 1.65m的距离对M市的人来说是否不便？有可能人们喜欢开车去或者搭乘地铁等，并不影响他们前往；需要提供更详细资料说明现有club经营状况如何，Monroe的jazz fans是否有去这家club，它有什么特色，如果不能了解特色，那么即使C-Note开张也未必能占有local market。

As far as the popularity of jazz in Monroe is concerned, more evidence about people related to jazz activities are needed to directly predict trend of Monroe citizens C-Note may attract in the future. 去年夏天的音乐节参与者本市居民占比？可能是其他城市来的；Jazz音乐家居住在M的原因是因为Jazz氛围还是因为M的条件适宜居住，他们是否为M市的Jazz事业做出了贡献；需要更多信息来确认‘Jazz Nightly’的热门是因为内容，而不是比如工作日晚7点其他节目都是新闻，而人们劳累一天回家想听轻松的电台等。只有提供更多信息证明M市确实有很多citizens热爱Jazz音乐, 作者观点才成立。

Moreover, we need more information about the national wide survey cited in the application to address the issue over Monroe jazz fans’ consumption habits., 第一是M市的情况跟全国平均情况是否一样，Jazz fan也有这样的开销；第二是调查中指的entertainment是指hangout in jazz bar rather than jazz related consumption like purchasing jazz CDs or stereo equipment.

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100) The following was written as a part of an application for a small-business loan by a group of developers in the city of Monroe.
Jazz music is extremely popular in the city of Monroe: over 100,000 people attended Monroe's annual jazz festival last summer, and the highest-rated radio program in Monroe is 'Jazz Nightly,' which airs every weeknight. Also, a number of well-known jazz musicians own homes in Monroe. Nevertheless, the nearest jazz club is over an hour away. Given the popularity of jazz in Monroe and a recent nationwide study indicating that the typical jazz fan spends close to $1,000 per year on jazz entertainment, a jazz music club in Monroe would be tremendously profitable.
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.

102) The following was written as a part of an application for a small-business loan by a group of developers in the city of Monroe.
Jazz music is extremely popular in the city of Monroe: over 100,000 people attended Monroe's annual jazz festival last summer, and the highest-rated radio program in Monroe is 'Jazz Nightly,' which airs every weeknight. Also, a number of well-known jazz musicians own homes in Monroe. Nevertheless, the nearest jazz club is over an hour away. Given the popularity of jazz in Monroe and a recent nationwide study indicating that the typical jazz fan spends close to $1,000 per year on jazz entertainment, we predict that our new jazz music club in Monroe will be a tremendously profitable enterprise.
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the prediction and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the prediction.

164) The following was written by a group of developers in the city of Monroe.
A jazz music club in Monroe would be a tremendously profitable enterprise. At present, the nearest jazz club is over 60 miles away from Monroe; thus, our proposed club, the C Note, would have the local market all to itself. In addition, there is ample evidence of the popularity of jazz in Monroe: over 100,000 people attended Monroe's jazz festival last summer, several well-known jazz musicians live in Monroe, and the highest-rated radio program in Monroe is 'Jazz Nightly.' Finally, a nationwide study indicates that the typical jazz fan spends close to $1,000 per year on jazz entertainment. We therefore predict that the C Note cannot help but make money.
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the prediction and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the prediction.