Of the following, which would be considered an ethical fallacy?
a. advocating harm
b. biased sampling
c. complex question
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
Answer: a
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a. studies may have been conducted in different years b. studies often use the same message to test a given variable c. studies often use different experimental designs d. studies may include different subject populations
Ann was really upset because she found out her boyfriend cheated on her. Instead of talking to her boyfriend, Ann negatively speculated about her boyfriend's behavior and spent hours discussing how hurt and betrayed she felt
In terms of communication, Anne's behavior can be described as a. co-rumination. b. collaboration. c. communication support. d. communication therapy.
As a "stage" theory, Social Penetration Theory believes relationship development is
A. nonintimate B. unpredictable C. unreasonable D. systematic
Suppose that a mass media researcher wants to compare average time per day of TV viewing and newspaper reading in a group of college students. However, this researcher used a different instrument (5 point Likert scale for TV viewing & 7 point Likert scale for newspaper reading). What statistic would be appropriate to compare the average score of these media behaviors?
a) Standard deviation b) Z-score c) Histogram d) Chi-square