Question

"The common notion that workers are generally apathetic about management issues is false, or at least outdated: a recently published survey indicates that 79 percent of the nearly 1,200 workers who responded to survey questionnaires expressed a high level of interest in the topics of corporate restructuring and redesign of benefits programs."

Answer 1

Answer: This argument has Some merits but it also has some logical errors that undermines its reasoning and conclusion.

Explanation:

(1) IT FAILED TO GIVE THE TOTAL POPULATION OF WORKERS FROM WHERE THE SAMPLE(1200 PEOPLE) WERE DERIVED AND WHAT SAMPLING METHOD WAS USED: This is a logical error, sampling has to be in RELATION TO THE POPULATION.The sampling method should have been defined.Samples may have been taken from a given A CLASS OF WORKERS.

(2) IT SHOULD HAVE GIVEN CLEARER AND OTHER CHOICES RELATED TO MANAGEMENT ISSUES: It should have made more choices of questions about management issues so that a BROAD, ELABORATE, REASONABLE,ACCURATE AND CONVINCING conclusion will be arrived at.