COM quiz 8

recency

According to your textbook, the three criteria for judging the reliability of research documents located on the Internet are authorship, sponsorship, and interest formality interactivity recency graphics

all of the above

According to your textbook, when evaluating statistics you should ask whether they are from a reliable source use statistical measures correctly are representative of what they claim to measure all of the above b and c only

never

According to your textbook, when is it appropriate to cite an abstract of a magazine or journal article in your speech rather than locating and reading the full article? never when the article is more than five years old when the article is not available on a computerized database when the only copy of the article is on the bookshelves when the article is short enough to be summarized in one paragraph

periodical database such as ProQuest or LexisNexis Academic

As part of the research for her informative speech on the Chinese workplace, Dana needs to find recent articles published in general interest periodicals and academic journals. The best resource for her is a reliable search engine such as Google periodical database such as ProQuest or LexisNexis Academic yearbook such as Facts on File or World Almanac government resource such as the World Factbook none of the above

It doesn't cite a qualified source for the statistics.

How does the following excerpt from a classroom speech violate the guidelines for the use of statistics presented in your textbook? I discovered on the Internet that, each year for every 100,000 students living in college dormitories, there are four cases of bacterial meningitis. It doesn't round off the statistics. It doesn't state the statistics clearly. It doesn't cite a qualified source for the statistics. all of the above b and c only

It doesn't identify the source of statistics.

How does the following excerpt from a classroom speech violate the guidelines for using statistics presented in your textbook? One magazine reports that U.S. consumers pay more than $300 billion a year on products to cover the manufacturers' liability costs. This amounts to a staggering $4,000 per household. On a specific basis, product liability costs account for $11.50 of every $12 dose of vaccine we give our children and over $100 of the cost of a football helmet. It doesn't relate statistics to the audience. It doesn't identify the source of statistics. It doesn't use statistics to quantify ideas. all of the above a and b only

quantify the speaker's ideas

The main value of using statistics in a speech is to lend realism to the speech enhance the speaker's credibility make the speech more vivid avoid relying on testimony quantify the speaker's ideas

virtual library

The search engine that makes it easy to find high-quality web resources by combining Internet technology with traditional library methods of cataloguing and assessing data is known as a(n) abstract index virtual library periodical database digital reference electronic catalogue

???

Travis wanted to use a virtual library to find reliable, high-quality web resources for his speech on migraine headaches. According to your textbook, what would be a good source for Travis to use? Google ProQuest MedGuide Librarian's Internet Index Wikipedia

extended examples

Using _________ is the best way to pull listeners into your speeches. peer testimony statistics extended examples visual aids brief examples