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GMAT考试写作指导:Argument范文十二

发布时间:2016-03-02  编辑:查字典英语网小编

  72. Based upon sales reports over a three-month period that indicate an increase in

  profits for stores that sell products for the home and a decrease in profits for clothing

  stores, the business manager of a department store concludes that consumers are

  choosing to purchase home furnishings rather than clothing. On the basis of this

  conclusion, the manager recommends a reduction in the size of the clothing department

  and an increase in the size of the home-furnishings department. This recommendation is

  problematic in two critical respects.

  In the first place the authors conclusion that consumers are choosing to buy

  products for their homes instead of clothing is based upon too small a sample. Data

  gathered from a three-month period is insufficient to establish the conclusion drawn

  from it. It is quite possible that the three-month period chosen is idiosyncratic and not

  representative of entire years sales. If so, reducing the size of the clothing departments

  and enlarging the home-furnishings departments may be a costly mistake.

  In the second place, the data collected during the three month period may be

  biased. The fact that the data reflects sales in local stores is cause for concern. It is

  possible that the sales trend in a particular location is not representative of sales in other

  regions. For example, sales of clothing in Florida during the winter months are likely to

  be quite different from sales of clothing in Alaska during the same period.

  In conclusion, this argument is not persuasive as it stands. A more convincing

  argument must provide additional sales data, collected at different periods of the year

  and at different locations, that substantiates the trend in question.

  

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