GMAT考试写作指导：Argument范文六

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64.        The Director of Human Resources concludes that most employees at Company X
) s6 ]- W( _3 a: s; A2 ]feel that the improvement most needed at the company has been satisfactorily addressed.
3 ?# s0 S; P7 X+ oTwo reasons are offered in support of this conclusion. First, a survey of employees
showed that the issue respondents were most concerned about was employee-
management communication. Second, the company has since instituted regular
% d" }! @# b/ ^voluntary sessions for employees and management designed to improve communication.
The director's argument is questionable for two reasons.
8 [7 Q6 L2 A: b      To begin with, the validity of the survey is doubtful. Lacking information about
* R9 M. ~7 U) Z/ X: g" tthe number of employees surveyed and the number of respondents, it is impossible to
assess the validity of the results. For example, if 200 employees were surveyed but only
/ K; K; |& b. Q+ L7 K) Rtwo responded, the conclusion that most of the employees ranked employee-
management communication as the most pressing issue would be highly suspect.
Because the argument offers no evidence that would rule out interpretations such as this,
5 N& N% z9 \! d+ {the survey results are insufficient to support the author's conclusion.
        Furthermore, even if the survey accurately ranks certain issues according to level
/ s2 ?; Y. W) P2 x1 t0 [, uof employee concern, the highest-ranked issue in the survey might not be the issue
about which employees are most concerned. Why? The improvement most needed from
the point of view of the employees might not have appeared as one of the choices on the
& E9 K" D' {) U7 L" osurvey. For example, if the list of improvements presented on the survey was created by
) A2 X1 K; \3 q* ~management rather than by the employees, then the issues of greatest concern to the
% G1 w: x4 W) c/ I& q7 Femployees might not be included on the list. Lacking information about how the survey
5 u  i/ i+ o7 }: p+ q+ |: }" rwas prepared, it is impossible to assess its reliability. Consequently, any conclusion
+ ]& F, b, Q% n2 j( c. gbased on it is highly questionable.
      In conclusion, the director's conclusion is not well-founded. To strengthen the
argument, additional information regarding the way in which the employee survey was
7 W) ]. u' C" ~2 o! h  Pprepared and conducted is required.