argument188 【火箭 小组】第二次作业

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The author manages to illustrate that KO, a painkiller, should be used by women, rather than by men, because it can relief women's pain better than men's. In addition, the author recommends that the effects of all medications should be evaluated due to the same reason. As far as I am concerned, the assertion suffers from at least three logical flaws.

Firstly, the argument relies on a research which is taken part in by 28 men and 20 women who are having their wisdom teeth extracted. However, the research cited here is questionable. The quantity of the sample is so small that we cannot draw any reliable conclusion about the different function of KO on men and women. Moreover, the speaker failed to provide any detail information about the selected sample such as age and health condition. Without this information, it might be possible that women required to participate in this research have more stouthearted, and they do not show their pain easily.  In short, lacking enough evidence, the result of the research is not reliable.

Secondly, even assuming the result is statistically reliable, it also does not follow that KO will be effective for women in curing pains anywhere and anytime. Experience tells us that there are various kinds of pain caused by differing disease. It is possible that KO is the most effective medication in curing teeth pains, whereas it is not effective in soothing other pains. So the author failed to provide more evidence to illustrate that KO is as effective in easing other pains as in easing teeth pains.

Finally, the author falsely recommends that researchers should reevaluate the effects of all medication on men versus women, apparently based on a research without any authority. There is too much unfairness in this research. For example, the number of samples does not represent the overall group, and there is no enough information about the samples such as age group composition, health condition. In short, the conclusion is impractical.

In sum, the author fails to substantiate his claim that KO is an effective painkiller for women and the effects of all medication should be reevaluated, because the research cited here could not lead strong support to what the author maintains. To make this argument more appealing, the author must offer more information with regard to authority of the research.

[ 本帖最后由 lfj1865 于 2008-6-12 11:25 编辑 ]

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argument188 【火箭 小组】第二次作业


The author manages to illustrate that KO, a painkiller, should be used by women, rather than by men, because it can relief women's pain better than men's. In addition, the author recommends that the effects of all medications should be evaluated due to the same reason. As far as I am concerned, the assertion suffers from at least three logical flaws.

Firstly, the argument relies on a research which is taken part in by 28 men and 20 women who are having their wisdom teeth extracted. However, the research cited here is questionable. The quantity of the sample is so small that we cannot draw any reliable conclusion about the different function of KO on men and women. Moreover, the speaker failed to provide any detail information about the selected sample such as age and health condition. Without this information, it might be possible that women required to participate in this research have more stouthearted, and they do not show their pain easily.  In short, lacking enough evidence, the result of the research is not reliable.

Secondly, even assuming the result is statistically reliable, it also does not follow that KO will be effective for women in curing pains anywhere and anytime. Experience tells us that there are various kinds of pain caused by differing disease. It is possible that KO is the most effective medication in curing teeth pains, whereas it is not effective in soothing other pains. So the author failed to provide more evidence to illustrate that KO is as effective in easing other pains as in easing teeth pains.

Finally, the author falsely recommends that researchers should reevaluate the effects of all medication on men versus women, apparently based on a research without any authority. There is too much unfairness in this research. For example, the number of samples does not represent the overall group, and there is no enough information about the samples such as age group composition, health condition. In short, the conclusion is impractical.

In sum, the author fails to substantiate his claim that KO is an effective painkiller for women and the effects of all medication should be reevaluated, because the research cited here could not lead strong support to what the author maintains. To make this argument more appealing, the author must offer more information with regard to authority of the research.

The argument is well organised and developped logically,写的不错。就是第四段可以论证的更好点。

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The author manages to （这个错误别人给我指出过，manage是成功做到某事的意思，不能用在这里）illustrate that KO, a painkiller, should be used by women, rather than by men, because it can relief relieve women's pain better than men's. In addition, the author recommends that the effects of all medications should be evaluated due to the same reason. As far as I am concerned, the assertion suffers from at least three logical flaws.

Firstly, the argument relies on a research which is taken part in by 28 men and 20 women who are having their wisdom teeth extracted. However, the research cited here is questionable. The quantity of the sample is so small that we cannot draw any reliable conclusion about the different function of KO on men and women. Moreover, the speaker failed to provide any detail information about the selected sample such as age and health condition. Without this information, it might be possible that women required to participate in this research have more stouthearted, and they do not show their pain easily.  In short, lacking enough evidence, the result of the research is not reliable.

Secondly, even assuming the result is statistically reliable, it also does not follow that KO will be effective for women in curing pains anywhere and anytime. Experience tells us that there are various kinds of pain caused by differing disease. It is possible that KO is the most effective medication in curing teeth pains, whereas it is not effective in soothing other pains. So the author failed to provide more evidence to illustrate that KO is as effective in easing other pains as in easing teeth pains.

Finally, the author falsely recommends that researchers should reevaluate the effects of all medication on men versus women, apparently based on a research without any authority. There is too much unfairness in this research. For example, the number of samples does not represent the overall group, and there is no enough information about the samples such as age group composition, health condition. In short, the conclusion is impractical.

In sum, the author fails to substantiate his claim that KO is an effective painkiller for women and the effects of all medication should be reevaluated, because the research cited here could not lead strong support to what the author maintains. To make this argument more appealing, the author must offer more information with regard to authority of the research.
Argument基本没有太多的问题，我觉得还是在具体论述展开的时候，可以展开更充分一些。第二三点时，觉得错误都说到了，却留不下太深的印象。这个应该也是这个阶段，我们尤其要注意的。