argument238 【today is the day小组】第一次作业 by baby12036

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238.The following appeared in a memorandum from the president of Mira
Vista College to the college's board of trustees.

"At nearby Green Mountain College, which has more business courses and
more job counselors than does Mira Vista College, 90 percent of last
year's graduating seniors had job offers from prospective employers. But
at Mira Vista College last year, only 70 percent of the seniors who
informed the placement office that they would be seeking employment had
found full-time jobs within three months after graduation, and only half
of these graduates were employed in their major field of study. To help
Mira Vista's graduates find employment, we must offer more courses in
business and computer technology and hire additional job counselors to
help students with their resumès and interviewing skills."

The president of Mira Vista College recommends that they must offer more courses in business and computer technology and hire additional job counselors to help their graduates find employment. To support this recommendation the president point out that at nearby Green Mountain College, which has more business courses and more job counselors, 90 percent of last year's graduating seniors had job offers from prospective employers. While only 70 percent of the seniors who informed the placement office that they would be seeking employment had found full-time jobs within three months after graduation, and only half of these graduates were employed in their major field of study. As the fallowing discussions shows, this argument suffers from several logical fallacies as I explained below.
first of all, it is unreasonable to concludes that the Green Mountain College has
a better employment result when the information Mira vista college provides is only 3 months after graduation. while it is entirely possible that the Green Mountain College's data was collected one year after graduation or even later. in that case, the record are incomparable. Nevertheless, the speaker overlook the fact that it is probably only a small portion of seniors who informed the placement, which are the basic of "70 percentage" as the record shows.
Secondly, the arguer failed to indicate the percentage of students employed in their major field of study in Green Mountain Collage. Without the information, it is impossible to compare the result of employment between the two colleges. Maybe most of the graduate there just find their selves a part-time job as a waitress or waiter while most of the "70 percentage" senior in Mira
Vista College are doing "White-collar" job. Therefore, we cannot consider Green Mountain College's students have a better employment simply because "90 percent" is higher than "70 percent".
Thirdly, the auger failed to convince the assumption that it is the more business courses and more job counselors made the comparatively stronger performance on graduates' employment of Green Mountain College. Perhaps the students in Green Mountain College are much bright and competitive to begin with. Or perhaps Green Mountain College is just larger school who simply provide more business courses and more job counselors. The auger failed to rule out other possibility that many other factors for the differences between the two colleges.
In sum, the president's recommendation is unconvincing as it stands. To strengthen it, the president need provide more information that the comparison between the two colleges are even and. The arguer must also provide some evidences that how the more courses in business and computer technology and more job counselors improve the employment in Green Mountain College.

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