Discuss the tensions between precision and accuracy and between reliability and accuracy. What are the tradeoffs for reliability in creating an accurate measure? What are the tradeoffs for validity in creating a highly reliable measure?
What will be an ideal response?
See pages 127 for a brief description of the tradeoffs in this tension. In short, students should address how creating a particularly reliability instrument often extinguishes the richness of meaning that comes from less “precise” measures. On the other hand, creating a measure that enables greater richness will necessarily make reliability more difficult to establish.
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A) utilitarianism B) the Potter Box C) the golden mean D) the veil of ignorance E) values-driven public relations
As listed and described in the textbook, set forth the four key rules that are important to understand when the government engages in a prior restraint on speech.
What will be an ideal response?
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements about active listening is FALSE?
A. Active listening is characterized by movement, change, and responsiveness on the part of the listener. B. Active listening implies feedback to the speaker. C. Active listening and empathic listening are exactly the same thing. D. Active listening is "involved listening with a purpose."