The major disadvantage of cohort analysis is that the specific effects of age, cohort, and period are difficult to untangle through purely statistical analysis of a standard cohort table. To solve this problem, researchers use all of the following except:

a) Palmore's triad method
b) The Constrained multiple regression model
c) The goodness-of-fit technique
d) Partial correlation


D

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The scientific method that you probably learned in junior high is the same one used in communication research

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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According to research cited and pictured in the text, the visual and vocal codes account for _______________ of the meaning of the message

A) 31% B) 50% C) 69% D) 75%

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When the audience has clearly decided before you even begin to speak that you will have nothing useful to say, the listening barrier you need to overcome is

A) information overload. B) personal concerns. C) prejudice. D) redundancy.

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