七、逻辑问题例文分析
Case Study 4:
The following appeared in the editorial section of a corporate newsletter:
The common notion that workers are generally apathetic about management issues is false, or at least outdated: a recently published survey indicates that 79 percent of the nearly 1,200 workers who responded to survey questionnaires expressed a high level of interest in the topics of corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs.
Student Essay
First, the argument does not address how the nearly 1200 workers were selected, so the representativeness of the sample is doubtful. If the workers were selected by voluntary participation, then there is possibility that these voluntary workers tended to care more about management issues.
Second, the argument does not prove the credibility of the answers of the workers. It leaves open the possibility that workers who actually did not care about management issues may in a survey gave positive answers for various reasons.
Third, the argument only confines to such management issues as corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs, which happen to have close and main influence on workers.
Revised Essay
Based upon a survey among workers that indicates a high level of interest in the topics of corporate restructuring and redesigning of benefits programs, the arguer concludes that workers are not apathetic about management issues. Specifically, the arguer assumes that since 79 percent of the 1200 workers who responded to the survey expressed interest in these topics, the notion that workers are generally apathetic about management issues is incorrect. The reasoning in this argument is problematic in several respects.
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