Vocalized pauses such as "um" or "uh" erode speaker credibility because they give the impression that

the speaker is tentative or unprepared.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


TRUE

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The only sport in the world in which the offensive team gets together after each play is:

a. Soccer b. Football c. Baseball d. Rugby e. Basketball

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Which of the following is the best place to begin an efficient and effective search?

A. Create a list of search terms for online and database searches. B. Browse blogs. C. Find books in a library. D. all of these choices E. none of these choices

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The idea that if a sufficient number of people adopt the innovation, additional adoption of the innovation becomes self-sustaining, assuring future growth is known as ______.

A. late adopters B. early majority C. reciprocal interdependence D. critical mass

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Janice is studying the relationship between television viewing habits and TiVo use. In 2005 she surveyed a random sample of new TiVo users about their television viewing habits. She gave the same survey to a new random sample of people who began using TiVo in 2007 and to a random sample of people who began using TiVo in 2005 . Janice then compared the results of the two groups. Which of the

following research methods is this? a. Cohort analysis b. Cross-sectional research c. Panel study d. Trend study

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