Which of the following techniques gives listeners context for statistics?

A. explaining how you found the numerical information
B. showing the numbers on a colorful graph
C. using several different sets of numbers
D. comparing the numbers to something familiar


Answer: D

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methodological quality of the studies reported by Frederic Wertham on the negative effects of comic books?

a. The content analysis procedures were not systematic and did not rely on random samples; the youth he worked with did not represent the larger population of comic book readers. b. The content analysis procedures were systematic and relied on random samples, but the youth he worked with did not represent the larger population of comic book readers. © 2016 Cengage Learning®. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. c. The survey procedures were well conceived and relied on random samples and the youth were representative of comic book readers across the nation. d. The experimental procedures were both internally and externally valid and the youth were carefully chosen as “typical” of all comic book readers. e. The ethnographic methods used were screened by an impartial panel of judges prior to their implementation; the youth he surveyed were not typical of the general population but they were not highly unusual either.

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a. monochronic b. polychronic c. trichronic d. unichronic e. chronicle

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