Noise in a Communication Context Is Understood to Mean __________

question 17

Multiple Choice

Noise in a communication context is understood to mean __________.

• A)the physical and psychological environment for communication
• B)the filters through which messages pass
• C)anything that interferes with the message being interpreted in the way it was intended
• D)the transmission of a thought or feeling

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Definitions:

Standard Error

An estimate of the standard deviation of a sampling distribution, reflecting the accuracy with which a sample represents a population.

Confidence Interval

A span of numbers obtained from sample data, which probably includes the value of an unknown parameter from the overall population.

Sample Variance

A statistical measure that quantifies the degree to which sample points differ from the sample mean.

Population Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of values or a distribution in the entire population, representing the central location of the data.