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"During her seventeen years as a professor of botany, Professor Thomas has proved herself to
be well worth her annual salary of $50,000. Her classes are among the largest at the university,
demonstrating her popularity among students. Moreover, the money she has brought to the
university in research grants has exceeded her salary in each of the last two years. Therefore,
in consideration of Professor Thomas' demonstrated teaching and research abilities, we
recommend that she receive a $10,000 raise and a promotion to Department Chairperson;
without such a raise and promotion, we fear that Professor Thomas will leave Elm City
University for another college."
In this report an Elm City University committee recommends increasing Professor Thomas'
salary and promoting her to Department Chairperson because of her effectiveness as a
teacher and researcher. To support this recommendation the report points out that Thomas'
classes are among the University's most popular and that last year the amount of grant money
she attracted to the University exceeded her $50,000 salary. The committee argues further
that unless the University implements its recommendation Thomas is likely to defect to another
school. For several reasons, the evidence offered in support of the recommendation provides
little credible support for it.
First, the recommendation relies on the assumption that the popularity of Thomas' classes is
attributable to her effectiveness as a teacher. Yet this assumption overlooks other possible
reasons for the popularity of these classes. Perhaps Thomas is a comparatively lenient grader;
or perhaps the classes she teaches are requirements for every science student. Without
considering and eliminating these and other possible alternative explanations for the popularity
of Thomas' classes, the committee cannot convincingly condude based on that popularity that
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Thomas is an effective teacher and therefore should be granted a raise and a promotion.
Secondly, the mere fact that the amount of grant money Thomas attracted to the University
last year exceeded her salary proves nothing about either her teaching abilities or her research
abilities. Perhaps last year was an aberration, and in other years Thomas did not attract much
grant money. For that matter, perhaps many--or even most--other professors at the University
attracted even more grant money than Thomas, relative to their salary levels. Under either
scenario, Thomas would appear undeserving of the recommended raise and promotion
based on this particular criterion.
Thirdly, the report provides no evidence whatsoever regarding the likelihood that Thomas
would leave the University if she is not granted the proposed raise and promotion. Lacking
such evidence, it is entirely possible that Thomas is quite content in her current position and at
her current salary level. Thus the committee cannot justifiably rely on this daim to bolster its
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