Describe the four forms used to present statistics in a speech. Provide an example of each.

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- Simple enumeration: this is the most basic form of a single number.
- Surveys and polls: a sample of the population allows the speaker to infer the attitudes of people as a whole.
- Rates of change: this can help an audience compare what happened in the past to what is happening now.
- Experiments: these are controlled tests that show the effect of one thing on another and prove or disprove a claim.
- Student examples will vary.

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a. Academic Search Elite b. CQ Weekly c. Bloom's Literary Reference Online d. ERIC

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Defamation that is recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing, is termed:

  a.  symbolic.   b.  pathos.   c.  slander.   d.  libel.

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To be _____ is to be aware of what you are doing and how you communicate with others.

A. egocentric B. ethnocentric C. mindful D. prejudiced

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