Comm. Studies Vocabulary

1 - Press, print, radio, TV and Internet news, entertainment sources are examples of

• Genre

• media

• communication

• school supplies

Information that is used as a basis for calculating, reasoning or making decisions.

• reasoning

• valid

• data

• factual

Reading for information is known as

• reading for fun

• reading for leisure

• efferent reading

• Persuasive reading

A regional or social variety of a language, usually noticeable through features of vocabulary and pronunciation.

• informal

• Formal

• Register

• dialect

Situations of contact where groups of people who did not share a common language were forced to communicate with each other.

• Spanish

• English

• Creole

• French

The extent to which a test, experiment or procedure measures what it aims to measure.

• formal

• invalid

• valid

• informal

A tool that assists in sifting through databases to identify sources that fit specific criteria.

• typewriter

• Search engine

• communication

• text books

A physical, human or virtual tool that assists one. In research, reliable websites can be considered this

• invalid

• valid

• trustworthy

• resources

The level to which an experiment, test or procedure gives the same results when done again and again.

• reliable

• unreliable

• source

• resource

Which of the following is NOT an example of a primary source?

• interview

• encyclopedia

• questionnaire

• letters