The following is a recommendation from thepersonnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.
"Many other companies have recentlystated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course hasgreatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistantmanager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the fasteryou can read, the more information you can absorb in a single over, Easy Read would cost Acme only $500 per employee—a small price to paywhen you consider the benefits. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar inSpruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly,to improve productivity, Acme should require all of our employees to take theEasy Read course."
Write a response in which you discuss whatquestions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the advice andthe argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how theanswers to these questions would help to evaluate the advice.
step 1：
文章共6句話，各自的核心意思是：
1、許多其他公司稱，參加ER課程後，生產效率提高;
2、一個人能在2小時內讀500頁，另一人1年內從助理到副總裁;
3、所以讀得越快，吸收信息越多;
4、該課程每人只收500塊錢;
6、爲了提高生產率，A也要參加培訓班。
step 2：
文章的結構是：
1、2 、3、4、5 推導出 6
step 3：
尋找邏輯錯誤
a. 因果關係：2小時讀500頁不是因爲培訓班，而是其他原因;
b. 因果關係：1年內從助理到副總裁，不是因爲培訓班;
c. 數據問題：2個人不具備代表性;
d. 數據問題：500塊錢不一定便宜;
e. 條件錯誤：A參加培訓班不一定能提高生產效率。
難點總結
本題難度中等。難點在於：“一個人……另一個人……”之中能否看出數據問題。儘管寫不寫這個錯是另一回事，但是能不能看出來，是對大家基本功的考驗。
