"The common notion that workers are generally apathetic about management issues is false, or at least outdated: a recently publi
shed 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: 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.
What does the phrase “because I was not” emphasize about the speaker? The speaker is lonely and distanced from the rest of society, which is why he did not speak out. The speaker is deeply sorry and wants to justify why he did not speak out against the arrests.
