Argument161【Triple Week】第8次练习by david36355

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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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Casting two studies on the reading habits of the citizens in Leeville, the author asserts that the two research results have conflicts, and the first study tend to be discorrect. Close scrutinies, however, reveals the conclusion of the author.

Basically, the two researches are based on different respondents, which may lead to the difference on the results. The first survey was a questionaire associate with the citizens, while the second survey on the books borrowed in the public libraries. In the argument, there is no evident proof that the public libraries are the only source that the citizens acquire the books, and it is possible for the case to be completely different in the rest book sources. Thus, without ruling out the bookstores, universities, or other book sources, the conclusion cannot be trusted for the variation between the two researches.

Additionally, the definition of classic literacy is to be regarded, for the mystery novels are also classic novels. Some novels or epics, like the "Troy" or "Odesseus", were named merely for the mystery aesthetic connotation, and laid their emphasis on the mysterious writings on gods, ghosts, magic, fate, and prediction. The conflict which the author argued is therefore undermined.

Moreover, there is no any prove showing the details about the first survey, which enables us query the credence of the argument. As we are ignorant of how many people were involved in the first survey, of what the proportion was that the "most" mean, of how many classic books and how many mystery readbooks are in the public libraries, of how the books placed and lended, we could doubt whether the first research indeed indicates the truth.

In the final analysis, even the cases are true, the author fails to convince me on the point that the citizens might be book owners who embraces classic book storing. It could be possible that the tradition of the region, what plays an extremely important role, determines the household books are majorly classics. In short, myriad of factors may function on the reading habit, and the second survey could not effectively reveal the facts.

Overall, the speaker fails to give further information on both the surveys, and even if the surveys indeed tell the truth, other factors may also influence the result. Therefore, it is arbitrary to make such an assertion that the respondents in the first survey have mispresented their willing.


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