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Cristina Martinez PS3-Y18 Identifying Arguments Practice identifying arguments by recognizing the premise and conclusion sample arguments. Complete the following steps. 1. Save this file with a new name Click the File tab, click Save As, add your name to the end of the filename, then click Save. For example, save this file as PS3-Y18 Sharon Rodriguez.docx . 2. Get ready Members of the Quest 12 x 12 project team make the following recommendations for increasing tour reservations. 1. Because reservations for Quest tours usually increase when they are promoted actively, that means Quest should run a special promotion for the Trekking Tuscany and Trekking Umbria tours. 2. Since Quest added art classes to its Central American tours, enrollments decreased for those tours. As a result, Quest should stop offering art classes. 3. Customers like all kinds of classes on tours, including cooking workshops, art classes, and language courses. That means Quest should offer some type of class on every tour. 4. The 12 customers who rated the Australia tour as “excellent” took an optional side trip to the Blue Mountains near Sydney. That means Quest should include the Blue Mountains on its regular Australian itinerary. 3. Now you try it For each recommendation, identify the premise and the conclusion. Change the text color of the premise to red. Change the text color of the conclusion to blue. If the recommendation is not an argument, indicate that it is an assertion. 1. Because reservations for Quest tours usually increase when they are promoted actively, that means Quest should run a special promotion for the Trekking Tuscany and Trekking Umbria tours. The premise is because reservations for Quest tours usually increase when promoted actively. The conclusion is Quest should run a special promotion for the Trekking Tuscany and Trekking Umbria tours. You Try It
2. Since Quest added art classes to its Central American tours, enrollments decreased for those tours. As a result, Quest should stop offering art classes. The premise is since Quest added art classes to its Central American tours, enrollments decreased for those tours. The conclusion is that Quest should stop offering art classes. 3. Customers like all kinds of classes on tours, including cooking workshops, art classes, and language courses. That means Quest should offer some type of class on every tour. The premise is that customers like all kinds of classes on tours, including cooking workshops, art classes, and language courses. The conclusion is Quest should offer some type of class on every tour. 4. The 12 customers who rated the Australia tour as “excellent” took an optional side trip to the Blue Mountains near Sydney. That means Quest should include the Blue Mountains on its regular Australian itinerary. The premise is that the 12 customers who rated the Australia tour as “excellent” took an optional side trip to the Blue Mountains near Sydney. The conclusion is Quest should include the blue mountains on its regular Australian itinerary. Submit the document to your instructor as requested.
Cristina Martinez PS3-Y19 Assessing the Credibility of an Argument Practice assessing the credibility of an argument by identifying a sound argument. Complete the following steps. 1. Save this file with a new name Click the File tab, click Save As, add your name to the end of the filename, then click Save. For example, save this file as PS3-Y19 Sharon Rodriguez.docx . 2. Get ready Read the following arguments. Only one of the following arguments is a sound argument. 1. All famous Italian painters were born in 1994. Michelangelo is a famous Italian painter. That means Michelangelo was born in 1994. 2. Italian islands are named after American baseball players. Sicily is an island. Therefore, Sicily is the name of an American baseball player. 3. Venice is in Europe. Italy is in Europe. Therefore, Venice is in Italy. 4. At the beginning of any Quest tour in Italy, you fly to Rome. Trekking in Tuscany is a Quest tour in Italy. That means to start the Trekking in Tuscany tour, you fly to Rome. 3. Now you try it In the following space, copy and paste the sound argument. Explain why the argument you selected is sound. At the beginning of any Quest tour in Italy, you fly to Rome. Trekking in Tuscany is a Quest tour in Italy. That means to start the Trekking in Tuscany tour, you fly to Rome. I believe the 4 th argument is the sound argument. Rome is the capital of Italy, and it has two airports. One of the airports is a larger, international airport, the latter is a smaller one. Therefore, it is logical that at the beginning of a Quest tour in Italy you would first fly to Rome. Tuscany is also in Italy. So it also makes sense that if you wanted to sign up for the Trekking in Tuscany tour you would first have to fly to Rome. All of the internal pieces of this argument are confirmed as legitimate, so it is the most sound argument of the four provided. Submit the document to your instructor as requested. You Try It
PS3-Y20 Cristina Martinez Exploring Weaknesses in an Argument Practice exploring weakness in an argument by evaluating an argument. Complete the following steps. 1. Save this file with a new name Click the File tab, click Save As, add your name to the end of the filename, then click Save. For example, save this file as PS3-Y20 Sharon Rodriguez.docx . 2. Get ready Read the following arguments, which are all weak. 1. Quest should market tours to professionals in certain fields. Engineers are very meticulous. They would enjoy Quest tours if they knew more about them. 2. Assuming that most U.S. travelers want to stay in the United States this summer, Quest should promote popular American tours. 3. Quest should schedule monthly tours to Norway because it feels like the right thing to do. 4. Quest tour enrollments were high until Keisha Lane became vice president of operations. Her decisions are clearly causing the decline in tour sales. 3. Now you try it In the following space, explain why each argument is weak. 1. Quest should market tours to professionals in certain fields. Engineers are very meticulous. They would enjoy Quest tours if they knew more about them. The statement is based on a broad assumption that is not substantiated by any research or market data. This statement is also lacking fundamental information to validate its claims, and doesn’t provide any information on how the data was gathered, or why engineers in particular would represent a good target market for their tours. The statement is way overgeneralized which weakens the argument. 2. Assuming that most U.S. travelers want to stay in the United States this summer, Quest should promote popular American tours. You Try It
The assumption is a weak one, and has no real foundation for plausibility. I also think that it could easily be proven wrong by gathering market data or creating online surveys. The statement is also very limited in its scope and by focusing on only the popular tours it is doing itself a disservice by overlooking other tours which may also by popular or possibly lucrative. 3. Quest should schedule monthly tours to Norway because it feels like the right thing to do. The statement is very weak, relies on personal feelings, and has no concrete evidence that backs up its claims. The emotional appeal of it “feeling like the right thing to do” disregards important elements such as usefulness, profitability, and demands of the market. 4. Quest tour enrollments were high until Keisha Lane became vice president of operations. Her decisions are clearly causing the decline in tour sales. The statement is weak because it does not provide any information, dates, market data that backs up the statement. It also lacking examples of how Keisha’s new role or business decisions would’ve negatively affected tour sales. Submit the document to your instructor as requested.
PS3-Y21 Katherine Cervantes Overcoming Obstacles to Critical Thinking Practice overcoming obstacles to critical thinking by reacting to a scenario. Complete the following steps. 1. Save this file with a new name Click the File tab, click Save As, add your name to the end of the filename, then click Save. For example, save this file as PS3-Y21 Sharon Rodriguez.docx . 2. Get ready Read the following argument and the reactions to it. Each reaction includes an obstacle to critical thinking. Argument : Quest can increase tour sales by promoting Italian tours more aggressively. Reactions : 1. Remember that tour to Italy that was such a disaster? Our group was even caught in the middle of an earthquake! I don’t think we should promote the Italian tours at all—they’re dangerous. 2. Quest should actually keep a low profile throughout Europe. If we call attention to our tours, we make our customers targets for criminals. 3. I really think promoting Italian tours is the right solution to Quest’s problem. And I am usually right. 4. Everyone in the travel business believes that increasing promotion results in increased sales. 3. Now you try it In the following space, i dentify the obstacle in each reaction. Reaction #1 is holding on to an outlier; a previous incident when an Italy tour was caught in an earthquake. The odds of that happening again are slim, we should not remove tours to Italy based on that one incident. Reaction #2 is emotional; the fear of putting customer safety in jeopardy by drawing more attention to them, but that is a risk that comes to anyone, anywhere, not just tourists. You Try It
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