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作者: smallball    时间: 2005-9-7 20:15
标题: [求助AA034第二篇跟上,请大家多多拍砖

34. The following appeared as part of a plan proposed by an executive of the Easy Credit Company to the president.
“The Easy Credit Company would gain an advantage over competing credit card services if we were to donate a portion of the proceeds from the use of our cards to a well-known environmental organization in exchange for the use of its symbol or logo on our card. Since a recent poll shows that a large percentage of the public is concerned about environmental issues, this policy would attract new customers, increase use among existing customers, and enable us to charge interest rates that are higher than the lowest ones available.”



The conclusion approved in this argument is that if the Easy Credit Company adopt a new policy,it will earn more interest rates that are higher than  the lowest ones available.The basis for this argument is that  a recent poll shows the new policy can contribute to the environment conserned by a large number of people.At first glance,the argument seems to be appealing in one way or another.However,we do not need to look very far to see how inrational this argument is.After a attentive analysis, we can cognize this argument commits several logical faults that are addressed below.


In the first place,the author unfairly assumes that donating  a symbol or logo of well-known environmental organization  can contribute to attrack new customers,increase use among existing customers and enable the Easy Credit Company charge interest rates that are higher than the lowest ones available.However ,the assumption is questionable because the author provides no evidence to support this argument.The arguer fails to take into account other facts that might contribute to the result that The Easy Credit Company will have more customers and charge higher interest rates.It is likely that  The Easy Credit Company can focus on business other than environment.It is  alos likely ,though the most people in public are concerned about the environment, they seldom really care about whether the logo of a credit card is about environment.Any of these factors ,if true,would show that the donation of the logo or symbol of an famous environment organization can be useless to The Easy Credit Company.Therefore,this argument  is unwarranted without ruling out such possibility.


In the second place, a possible methodology problem in this argument is that of bias. At first place, the term 'a large percentage of the public' is too vague to be statistically meaningful. Even if by 'a large percentage of the public' the author means 'nearly all', perhaps responders who were more interested than others in the survey might be more likely to respond to the questionnaire-possibly because they found the questionnaire more meaningful. Lacking in the information about the number of people surveyed and the number of respondents, it is impossible to assess the validity of the survey. For instance, if 1000 persons were surveyed but only 10 responded, the result should be highly suspect. Because the author fails to account for other interpretations such as this, the survey would be useless in concluding that.


In the third place, the methodology of the survey is problematic for two reasons.For one thing ,we are not informed whether the survey provided only 2 alternatives.If it did,the respondents ,who might very well prefer another choice not provided in the survey,might be forced to give up their preferences.For another thing ,we are not informed  whether the responses favored by  their superior who might conduct the sury.Both events would lead this survey unreliable,let alone about drawing the conclusion .


To conclude.since the author commits above mentioned logical mistakes and fails to consider the whole situation comprehensively,his ideas should not be adopted.The author fails to provide adequate justification for the conclusion.As it stands,the reasoning does not constitute a logical argument in  favor of the conclusion.To make this argument logically acceptable,the author would have to show more precise information to support his claim that donating a symbol or logo of a famous environment can lead to capture more customers.In addition to solidify the  conclusion, the author should provide concrete evidence as well to demonstrate  that the information concerning poll  is confirmable.Only with more convincing evidence could this argument become more than just an emotional appeal.


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作者: 天之角    时间: 2005-9-8 15:04

楼主你好牛啊,干嘛非要得6分呢。


作者: smallball    时间: 2005-9-8 18:44
以下是引用天之角在2005-9-8 15:04:00的发言:

楼主你好牛啊,干嘛非要得6分呢。


首先,谢谢鼓励!但我觉得很惭愧,我知道我做的还不够好,因为这篇是没有限时的。花了我不少时间。

其次,除了第一个分析点是我自己辛苦写的,其他都是在大牛的模板上看到的,借鉴来用,感觉心里不塌实,因为怕在考场上我可能就写不了这么好了,或记不的了,所以还要加油记模板,顺带问一句,大家都怎么记自己的模板?

再次,我ISSUE刚起步,感觉很吃力,我当然希望在AA这里能拿的尽量高啊,希望大家多多帮我,正面反面板砖我都欢迎!~~~~~~~



最后,真的很感谢天之角,谢谢你的回帖,很让我吃惊的,呵呵,很欣喜,很鼓舞我,我一定继续努力!


作者: 夜语    时间: 2005-9-9 01:18
我觉得不错啊~~光字数看这就像高分的样子!!
作者: smallball    时间: 2005-9-9 08:54
以下是引用夜语在2005-9-9 1:18:00的发言:
我觉得不错啊~~光字数看这就像高分的样子!!

谢谢夜语,早上起来就受到了鼓舞~~~~~~谢谢!*^_^*


作者: happyfish0517    时间: 2005-9-9 17:57

哈哈~搜索以后发现居然只有我一个人写过这篇...汗!当时写的AA第一篇...


http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=26&ID=115766&replyID=&skin=0


上面这个是原文,因为不符合版规~汗!JUDY转移了给修改~嘻嘻,修改在这里:


http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=26&ID=115770&replyID=&skin=0


P.S.我作文最后5.5,多亏了JUDY给我改了几篇~汗!再次感谢!!


作者: happyfish0517    时间: 2005-9-9 17:59
参考一下观点而已~我觉得我的语言还不是很好~主要是词汇量少~嘻嘻
作者: smallball    时间: 2005-9-9 19:42
以下是引用happyfish0517在2005-9-9 17:59:00的发言:
参考一下观点而已~我觉得我的语言还不是很好~主要是词汇量少~嘻嘻
我觉得HAPPY你很强的啊,主要是思维给人感觉很灵活,看你说话就是,呵呵
作者: happyfish0517    时间: 2005-9-10 15:06

我找攻击点比较快~但是这个...词汇量...汗一下!~~


大家加油!!


作者: icerach    时间: 2005-10-14 11:50

不知道楼主MM考了没有,但是,偶看到你的这篇文章的后半部分,立马想起了tony NN的模版了。。。。


MM,写AWA一定要用自己的语言俄,否则很危险的。。。。


作者: smallball    时间: 2005-10-15 08:54
恩,还没有考,这个是我刚开始接触GMAT写的,现在的改了,谢谢MM提醒




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