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TOPIC: ARGUMENT194 - A recent study suggests that people who are left-handed are more likely to succeed in business than are right-handed people. Researchers studied photographs of 1,000 prominent business executives and found that 21 percent of these executives wrote with their left hand. So the percentage of prominent business executives who are left-handed (21 percent) is almost twice the percentage of people in the general population who are left-handed (11 percent). Thus, people who are left-handed would be well advised to pursue a career in business, whereas people who are right-handed would be well advised to imitate the business practices exhibited by left-handers.

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The author, in this material, recommends that the left-handed people should seek a career in business and the right-handers should imitate the business practices like the left-hand people. The recommendation is problematic in several aspects, thus render it unconvincing as it stands.

First of all, the number of respondents, 1,000, perhaps constitute and insufficient sample, and the author fails to provide evidence that the 1,000 respondents are repersentive to all the business leaders. It is entirely possible the result is merely an aberration, higher percentage of the respondents happen to be the one who wrote with thier left hand. Even assume the respondents involved in the study are representive, the information that 21 persont of these executives wrote with their left hand does not mean these people are left-handers, maybe they just wrote with left hand, not do other things with left hand as general left-handers do.

In addition, even I were concede that 21 percent executives are left-handers, this is not sufficient to support the idea that the left-handers hold advantage against people who are right-handed. Because 79 percent of the executives, accoring to the study result, will be the righ-handers, much higher than the people who are left-handed if we observe the status from this standpoint. Therefore the author's recommendation is weaken.

Finally, even the status showed us that the left-handers tend to be easier to achieve success in business world than the people who are right-handed, the author's suggestion that the left-handers should should pursue a business career. Which field the people choose as their  career is far from a straightforward issue, many factors should be considered: the interest, if a man who has totally no interest in business, it wil not reasonable to persuad him to work in business. Much of famous table tennis players are left-handers, they are making far greater success in sports rather than in business. And myried other factors also are important to choose a career, such as education background, work experience, economic condition and the like. The further suggestion for the right-handers is also should reconcide these factors.

In sum, to convince me that it is a reasonable recommendation that the left-handers should try to work in the business world, the author need provide evidence that the respondents involved in the study are representative to all the business leaders. And the author also need clearly provide evidence that the left-handers hold advantage againest right-handers. TO better assess the recommendation, I need the author to confirm that the other factors are less important than the one he mentioned.

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The author, in this material, recommends that the left-handed people should seek a career in business and the right-handers should imitate the business practices like the left-hand people. The recommendation is problematic in several aspects, thus render it unconvincing as it stands.

First of all, the number of respondents, 1,000, might constitute an insufficient sample to draw any reliable conclusion, and the author fails to provide evidence that the 1,000 respondents are representative to all the business leaders. It is entirely possible the result is merely an aberration, higher percentage of the respondents happens to be the one who wrote with their left hand. Even assume the respondents involved in the study are representative, the information that 21 percent of these executives wrote with their left hand does not mean these people are left-handers, perhaps they just wrote with left hand, did not do other things with left hand as general left-handers do.

In addition, even if I were to concede that 21 percent executives are left-handers, this is not sufficient to support the idea that the left-handers hold advantage against people who are right-handed in business world. Because 79 percent of the executives, according to the study result, are the right-handers, much higher than the people who are left-handed if we observe the status from this standpoint. Therefore the author's recommendation will be weaken.

Finally, even assuming that the status shows us that the left-handers tend to be easier to achieve success in business world than the people who are right-handed, the author's suggestion that the left-handers should pursue a business career is remain unreasonable. Which field the people choose as their career is far from a straightforward issue, many factors should be considered: the interest, if a man who has totally no interest in business, it will not be a reasonable to persuade him to work in business. Much of famous table tennis players are left-handers, they are making far greater success in sports rather than in business. And myriad other factors also are important to choose a career, such as education background, work experience, economic condition and the like. The further suggestion for the right-handers is also should reconsider these factors.

In sum, to convince me that it is a reasonable recommendation that the left-handers should try to work in the business world, the author need provide evidence that the respondents involved in the study are representative to all the business leaders. And the author also need clearly provide evidence that the left-handers hold advantage against right-handers in business world. To better assess the recommendation, I need the author to confirm that the other factors are less important than the one he mentioned for the one to choose a career.