You are interested in examining the primary objectives of first year public speaking instruction at public four-year colleges in the United States. Using multi-stage cluster sampling, describe how you might collect a random sample of teaching objectives for public speaking classes at public universities in the U.S

What will be an ideal response?


Answers are likely to outline the following steps that can serve as an example to compare essays to:
(1) Using simple random sampling select a sample of states in the U.S.
(2) Using simple random sampling select a sample of public four-year colleges that have a public speaking requirement for first-year students.

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a. deliberative b. public c. forensic d. epideictic

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The people who simultaneously participate in two or more activities, such as TV viewing and reading, belong to a category known as

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Speeches about __________ typically are demonstration or "how to" speeches which seek to take the audience through a practice step by step

a. objects b. processes c. events d. concepts

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"The hospital is a place that employs selfless, caring people" illustrates 

A. metaphor. B. analogy. C. denotative meaning. D. connotative meaning.

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