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【文章內容簡介】 e island of Tertia. Usingan observationcentered approach to studying Tertian culture, he concluded from hisobservations that children in Tertia were reared by an entire village rather than bytheir own biological parents. Recently another anthropologist, Dr. Karp, visited thegroup of islands that includes Tertia and used the interviewcentered method to studychildrearing practices. In the interviews that Dr. Karp conducted with children livingin this group of islands, the children spent much more time talking about theirbiological parents than about other adults in the village. Dr. Karp decided that Dr.Field39。s conclusion about Tertian village culture must be invalid. Some anthropologistsremend that to obtain accurate information on Tertian childrearing practices,future research on the subject should be conducted via the interviewcentered method.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 council of Maple County, concerned about the county39。s being overdeveloped,is debating a proposed measure that would prevent the development of existingfarmland in the county. But the council is also concerned that such a restriction, bylimiting the supply of new housing, could lead to significant increases in the price ofhousing in the county. Proponents of the measure note that Chestnut Countyestablished a similar measure ten years ago, and its housing prices have increasedonly modestly since. However, opponents of the measure note that Pine Countyadopted restrictions on the development of new residential housing fifteen years ago,and its housing prices have since more than doubled. The council currently predictsthat the proposed measure, if passed, will result in a significant increase in housingprices in Maple County.Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered inorder to decide whether the prediction and the argument on which it is based arereasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help toevaluate the prediction.Fifteen years ago, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouragedstudents to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors. Since that time,Omega professors have begun to assign higher grades in their classes, and overallstudent grade averages at Omega have risen by 30 percent. Potential employers,looking at this dramatic rise in grades, believe that grades at Omega are inflated anddo not accurately reflect student achievement。 as a result, Omega graduates have notbeen as successful at getting jobs as have graduates from nearby Alpha University. Toenable its graduates to secure better jobs, Omega University should terminate studentevaluation of professors.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.In an attempt to improve highway safety, Prunty County last year lowered its speedlimit from 55 to 45 miles per hour on all county highways. But this effort has failed:the number of accidents has not decreased, and, based on reports by the highwaypatrol, many drivers are exceeding the speed limit. Prunty County should insteadundertake the same kind of road improvement project that Butler County pletedfive years ago: increasing lane widths, resurfacing rough highways, and improvingvisibility at dangerous intersections. Today, major Butler County roads still have a 55mph speed limit, yet there were 25 percent fewer reported accidents in Butler Countythis past year than there were five years ago.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 as part of an article in a business magazine.A recent study rating 300 male and female Mentian advertising executives accordingto the average number of hours they sleep per night showed an association betweenthe amount of sleep the executives need and the success of their firms. Of theadvertising firms studied, those whose executives reported needing no more than 6hours of sleep per night had higher profit margins and faster growth. These resultssuggest that if a business wants to prosper, it should hire only people who need le