Comm 1020 Chapters 12 & 13 Research & Prep and Supporting Mat.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of information literacy?

• Know where to get the information that you seek

• Create new knowledge

• Know where to find the most attractive website for your topic

• Know how to assess the quality of the information that you have

It is important that the information you include in your presentation is accurate and honest. The unfair preference or distortion of information, particularly if the source will gain something by getting the audience to believe a certain way, is called

• Bias

• Accuracy

• Plagiarism

• Integrity

Which characteristic of information literacy involves not misrepresenting yourself or someone else when you speak?

• Know why you want certain information for the speech

• Know how to assess the quality of the information that you have found

• Create new knowledge

• Be accountable for your use of information

As you begin the research process, you'll want to stay organized. Ways to document your research include

• Keeping a record of internet or database search terms

• Keeping a notebook that documents your information and where you found it

• Keeping a running bibliography 

• All of these

Jeff is planning to give a speech about capital punishment. Which of the following would be an example of evidentiary information that he might include in his speech?

• Methods of capital punishment used throughout history

• Explanations of crimes for which criminals can be executed

• Information about how executions are carried out today

• Statistics about the number of people executed and then found to be innocent

Numbers that summarize and organize sets of numbers to make them easier to understand or visualize are called

• Statistics

• Measures of central tendency

• 
  Testimony

• Sum

The measure of central tendency that is the average of all of the scores in the distribution is called the

• Median

• Mode

• Standard deviation

• Mean

If you share the perspective or experience of someone who is similar to the members of your audience but who does not have any advanced knowledge or specialized background with the topic, what kind of support material are you using?

• Statistics

• Example

• Peer testimony

• Expert testimony

Which type of statistics indicate the location of the middle of a distribution of numbers, such as the mean, median, and mode?

• 
  Standard deviation

• Percentages

• Measures of central tendency

• 
  Z-scores

In his speech, Jerome says, "As you can see in this chart, the fruit that is most often identified as someone's favorite fruit is the apple." What type of statistic is Jerome using?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Percentage