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r to decide whether the remendation and the argument on which it is basedare reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help toevaluate the remendation.The following is a memorandum from the business manager of a television station.Over the past year, our latenight news program has devoted increased time tonational news and less time to weather and local news. During this time period, mostof the plaints received from viewers were concerned with our station39。s coverageof weather and local news. In addition, local businesses that used to advertise duringour latenight news program have just canceled their advertising contracts with us.Therefore, in order to attract more viewers to the program and to avoid losing anyfurther advertising revenues, we should restore the time devoted to weather and localnews to its former level.Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluatethe argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen theargument.The following appeared in an article written by Dr. Karp, an anthropologist.Twenty years ago, Dr. Field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of Tertia andconcluded from his observations that children in Tertia were reared by an entirevillage rather than by their own biological parents. However, my recent interviewswith children living in the group of islands that includes Tertia show that thesechildren spend much more time talking about their biological parents than about otheradults in the village. This research of mine proves that Dr. Field39。s conclusion aboutTertian village culture is invalid and thus that the observationcentered approach tostudying cultures is invalid as well. The interviewcentered method that my team ofgraduate students is currently using in Tertia will establish a much more accurateunderstanding of childrearing traditions there and in other island cultures.Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluatethe argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen theargument.According to a recent report, cheating among college and university students is on therise. However, Groveton College has successfully reduced student cheating byadopting an honor code, which calls for students to agree not to cheat in theiracademic endeavors and to notify a faculty member if they suspect that others havecheated. Groveton39。s honor code replaced a system in which teachers closelymonitored students。 under that system, teachers reported an average of thirty cases ofcheating per year. In the first year the honor code was in place, students reportedtwentyone cases of cheating。 five years later, this figure had dropped to fourteen.Moreover, in a recent survey, a majority of Groveton students said that they would beless likely to cheat with an honor code in place than without. Thus, all colleges anduniversities should adopt honor codes similar to Groveton39。s in order to decreasecheating among students.Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered inorder to decide whether the remendation and the argument on which it is basedare reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help toevaluate the remendation.The following appeared in an article written by Dr. Karp, an anthropologist.Twenty years ago, Dr. Field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of Tertia andconcluded from his observations that children in Tertia were reared by an entirevillage rather than by their own biological parents. However, my recent interviewswith children living in the group of islands that includes Tertia show that thesechildren spend much more time talking about their biological parents than about otheradults in the village. This research of mine proves that Dr. Field39。s conclusion aboutTertian village culture is invalid and thus that the observationcentered approach tostudying cultures is invalid as well. The interviewcentered method that my team ofgraduate students is currently using in Tertia will establish a much more accurateunderstanding of childrearing traditions there and in other island cultures.Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of theargument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions andwhat the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.A recently issued twentyyear study on headaches suffered by the residents of