DB2 - Peer Post 1 Creative Writing Sample

I think that your summary and evaluation is good. I totally agree with you that Sklar’s argument is unquestionably stronger because she uses statistics to back up her claim about the decrease in unemployment from 1996 to 2000 as a result of minimum wage raise. I like your evaluation that the two make compelling arguments and that Sklar’s argument is stronger.
The thing that makes your evaluation look good is the fact that you have clearly shown the two opposing arguments by Sherk and Sklar. It is true that the argument by Sklar is stronger because she backs up her assertions with the statistics that make her case look more believable. On the other hand, by Sherk not using statistics to back his claims, it makes his argument appear weak. Therefore, you have summarized the opposing arguments by Sklar well since in your summary you have clearly stated the statics as used by her to counter Sherk’s argument hence this makes her stance appear stronger.
In your post you have also taken into account all the data and reasoning and this is what makes your post look good. However, to make the post look perfect, it is fundamental that you add the exact statistics as used by Sklar in your evaluation. Thus, I will incorporate the percentages and years by Sklar to the evaluation to make it more informative.
There are some questions I have about your evaluation. First, what makes you believe that the argument by Sherk is an expert speculation? In addition, I would like to ask whether the statistics used by Sklar to back her claims are truly recent considering that it is almost 13 years after the period when unemployment decreased from 5.6 percent to 4 percent as a result of increase in minimum wage.