【big fish】03月09日Argument161--By sunny球

sunny球UID: 2693880

TOPIC: ARGUMENT161 - In a study of reading habits of Leeville citizens conducted by the University of Leeville, most respondents said they preferred literary classics as reading material. However, a follow-up study conducted by the same researchers found that the type of book most frequently checked out of each of the public libraries in Leeville was the mystery novel. Therefore, it can be concluded that the respondents in the first study had misrepresented their reading habits.

In this argument, the arguer reaches a conclusion that the respondents of a survey concerning the reading habits had misrepresented their favors. To justify this claim, the author cites another survey about the type of book that was most frequently borrowed of each public libraries. However, careful consideration of two surveys reveals that the argument suffers from several critical fallacies.

To begin with, the author fails to prove that if the number of respondents can contribute to a representative sample of all Leeville citizens. It is entirely possible that most participants are old people who prefer classical culture such as literary classics, so many young readers who prefer mystery novels are not involved in the survey. Without providing more information about the respondents such as the percentage among different ages and all citizens, any conclusion based on the reply of respondents is unconvincing.

Furthermore, even if the respondents in the survey can represent all Leeville citizens, the frequency of books that were checked out does not necessarily indicate that people are more interested in mystery novels. There is no evidence to prove that the public libraries are the only source that can people borrow books. Perhaps citizens feel inclined to borrow literary classics from book stores nearby, or perhaps they buy them for long use. For that matter, the survey can not reflect the real reading habits of Leeville citizens.

Finally, even if the Leeville citizens borrow most of their books from public libraries, it's unfairly to conclude that people borrow more mystery novels than literary classics. The author hasn’t told us how to define "literary classics" as well as "mystery novels". Common sense informs me that there is no clear boundary between different kinds of books. A book can belong to two categories at the same time, such as Greek Mysterious story--a book which is also considered to be literary classics. Moreover, each reader has his/her own concept about "literary classics", therefore, it is dubious to conclude that the respondents don't tell the truth.

As it stands, the conclusion about the respondents misrepresented their reading habits is not well reasoned. To better assess the assumption, it would be helpful to provide detailed information about the percentage of respondents among citizens and different ages. To help respondents respond more accurately, the arguer also needs to provide clear definition about two categories and acknowledge the respondents.

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1# sunny球
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TOPIC: ARGUMENT161 - In a study of reading habits of Leeville citizens conducted by the University of Leeville, most respondents said they preferred literary classics as reading material. However, a follow-up study conducted by the same researchers found that the type of book most frequently checked out of each of the public libraries in Leeville was the mystery novel. Therefore, it can be concluded that the respondents in the first study had misrepresented their reading habits.
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我用这种颜色标注我觉得应该再斟酌下的语句
我用这种颜色标注我觉得一定有错的语句
我用这种颜色标注我觉得我好喜欢的语句
我用这种颜色标注我觉得可以再多说点的地方
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In this argument, the arguer reaches a conclusion that the respondents of a survey concerning the reading habits had misrepresented their favors. To justify this claim, the author cites another survey about the type of book that was most frequently borrowed of each public libraries. However, careful consideration of two surveys reveals that the argument suffers from several critical fallacies.

To begin with, the author fails to prove that if the number of respondents can contribute to a representative sample of all Leeville citizens. It is entirely possible that most participants are old people who prefer classical culture such as literary classics, so many young readers who prefer mystery novels are not involved in the survey. Without providing more information about the respondents such as the percentage among different ages and all citizens, any conclusion based on the reply of respondents is unconvincing.

Furthermore, even if the respondents in the survey can represent all Leeville citizens, the frequency of books that were checked out does not necessarily indicate that people are more interested in mystery novels. There is no evidence to prove that the public libraries are the only source that can people borrow books. Perhaps citizens feel inclined to borrow literary classics from book stores nearby, or perhaps they buy them for long use. For that matter, the survey can not reflect the real reading habits of Leeville citizens.

Finally, even if the Leeville citizens borrow most of their books from public libraries, it's unfairly to conclude that people borrow more mystery novels than literary classics. The author hasn’t told us how to define "literary classics" as well as "mystery novels". Common sense informs me that there is no clear boundary between different kinds of books. A book can belong to two categories at the same time, such as Greek Mysterious story--a book which is also considered to be literary classics. Moreover, each reader has his/her own concept about "literary classics", therefore, it is dubious to conclude that the respondents don't tell the truth.

As it stands, the conclusion about the respondents misrepresented their reading habits is not well reasoned. To better assess the assumption, it would be helpful to provide detailed information about the percentage of respondents among citizens and different ages. To help respondents respond more accurately, the arguer also needs to provide clear definition about two categories and acknowledge the respondents.
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这是篇好argument ,如果实在限制时间完成的话，肯定是篇高分文
sunny 看完你的两篇文，我对你的aw超级有信心啊，你就冲5分去哈，一定可以的~~~

jenius4869UID: 2659821

1# sunny球
In this argument, the arguer reaches a conclusion that the respondents of a survey concerning the reading habits had misrepresented their favors. To justify this claim, the author cites another survey about the type of book that was most frequently borrowed of each public libraries. However, careful consideration of two surveys reveals that the argument suffers from several critical fallacies.

To begin with, the author fails to prove that if the number of respondents can contribute to a representative sample of all Leeville citizens. It is entirely possible that most participants are old people who prefer classical culture such as literary classics, so many young readers who prefer mystery novels are not involved in the survey. Without providing more information about the respondents such as the percentage among different ages and all citizens, any conclusion based on the reply of respondents is unconvincing.

Furthermore, even if the respondents in the survey can represent all Leeville citizens, the frequency of books that were checked out does not necessarily indicate that people are more interested in mystery novels. There is no evidence to prove that the public libraries are the only source that can people borrow books.(不只是borrow的问题哦，就算是只有图书馆能借，也不是唯一能反映阅读倾向的来源。可以改成can people get access to reading material) Perhaps citizens feel inclined to borrow literary classics from book stores nearby, or perhaps they buy them for long use. For that matter, the survey can not reflect the real reading habits of Leeville citizens.

Finally, even if the Leeville citizens borrow most of their books from public libraries, it's unfairly to conclude that people borrow more mystery novels than literary classics. The author hasn’t told us how to define "literary classics" as well as "mystery novels". Common sense informs me that there is no clear boundary between different kinds of books. A book can belong to two categories at the same time, such as Greek Mysterious story--a book which is also considered to be literary classics. Moreover, each reader has his/her own concept about "literary classics", therefore, it is dubious to conclude that the respondents don't tell the truth.（这一点都说清楚了，强悍！）

As it stands, the conclusion about the respondents misrepresented their reading habits is not well reasoned. To better assess the assumption, it would be helpful to provide detailed information about the percentage of respondents among citizens and different ages. To help respondents respond more accurately, the arguer also needs to provide clear definition about two categories and acknowledge the respondents.

蓝色是很我很喜欢的漂亮的表达~
全文语言流畅，逻辑清晰，值得学习呢！另外再跟你说个logical flaw，因为我也没考虑到，而且第一次碰到~就是官方里说过的那种事物是会发生变化的，不能假定一样东西不会改变，觉得这个point就是这个意思了！
We do not know how long is the interim period between the two studies, many conditions may change after sufficient long time.(P→C) ★★★★比如说人口迁移，或者人的读书兴趣确实也发生了改变之类的。