If the Audience for Your Presentation Will Be Interested in but Neutral

question 57

Multiple Choice

If the audience for your presentation will be interested in but neutral to what you have to say,

• A)reward their goodwill by speaking in a relaxed, confident manner.
• B)dismiss their concerns and persuade them that they are mistaken for feeling that way.
• C)consider the indirect approach to find common ground and diffuse skepticism.
• D)build your credibility as you present compelling reasons to accept your message.

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Definitions:

Total

A statistic specifying the number of items in a class or the sum of their values on a variable.

Ratio

A statistic specifying the number of items in a class, or the sum of their values on a variable, per unit of some other class; a ratio is a total expressed in relative terms.

Total

The complete amount or sum of parts or units in a collection.

Distribution

In logic, the act of distributing terms across the components of a categorical syllogism; in mathematics, it refers to the distributive property involving multiplication and addition.