Life in Leeville
Workers in the small town of Leeville take fewer sick days than workers in the large city of Masonton, 50 miles away. Moreover, relative to population size, the diagnosis of stress-related illness is proportionally much lower in Leeville than in Masonton. According to the Leeville Chamber of Commerce, these facts can be attributed to the health benefits of the relatively relaxed pace of life in Leeville.
Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.
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This argument concludes that life in Leeville is relatively more relaxed compared to the large city of Masonton, the reason of which is that Leville’s workers take fewer sick days off and that the stress-related illnesses diagnosis are at a lower rate. The author’s conclution is, however, is frought with holes and assumptions. To begin with, the author fausly assumed that the relatively fewer sick days taken by Leeville workers can indicate that Leeville's circumstance is better and healthier than that of Masonton without accurate illustration of 3 aspects. firstly, Without knowing whether the workers are in the same working condition and whether they are occupied in the same kind of work, the conclusion is invalid because of no controlled variable factors.secondly, the writer made a hasty connection between sick days and health situation without futher invesitgation. It is likely that the sick days can't be representative to the health condition but only excuses. What's more,seperated by 50 miles, the two cities may possiblably in rather different conditon. As a result, without further investigation and illustration, the comparison is hasty thus lead to invalid conclusion. On the other hand, the facts that the diagnosed stress-related illnesses rate is lower in Leeville still can't be attributed to the health benefits of
Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.
20：37
This argument concludes that life in Leeville is relatively more relaxed compared to the large city of Masonton, the reason of which is that Leville’s workers take fewer sick days off and that the stress-related illnesses diagnosis are at a lower rate. The author’s conclution is, however, is frought with holes and assumptions. To begin with, the author fausly assumed that the relatively fewer sick days taken by Leeville workers can indicate that Leeville's circumstance is better and healthier than that of Masonton without accurate illustration of 3 aspects. firstly, Without knowing whether the workers are in the same working condition and whether they are occupied in the same kind of work, the conclusion is invalid because of no controlled variable factors.secondly, the writer made a hasty connection between sick days and health situation without futher invesitgation. It is likely that the sick days can't be representative to the health condition but only excuses. What's more,seperated by 50 miles, the two cities may possiblably in rather different conditon. As a result, without further investigation and illustration, the comparison is hasty thus lead to invalid conclusion. On the other hand, the facts that the diagnosed stress-related illnesses rate is lower in Leeville still can't be attributed to the health benefits of