Determine Whether the Following Passage Is (Or Contains) an Argument

question 39

Short Answer

Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.
Computers will never be able to converse intelligently through speech. A simple example proves that this is so. The sentences "How do you recognize speech?" and "How do you wreck a nice beach?" sound just the same when they are spoken, but they mean something different. A computer could not distinguish the two.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean of the set.

Statistical Control

The use of statistical methods to monitor and control a process or production method to maintain its quality and efficiency.

Assignable Causes

Factors in a production process that can be identified and eliminated, known for causing variations in statistical process control.

Mean Charts

Graphical representations used in statistical process control that plot the mean values of a series of measurements over time.