What Is the Most Appropriate Suggestion for Beginning the Research

question 16

Multiple Choice

What is the most appropriate suggestion for beginning the research process for your next speech?

• A) Save your search until after you've written a rough draft of the speech.
• B) Focus your efforts on one type of source material.
• C) Read everything available on the topic.
• D) Start early and gather more information than you think you'll need.

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Definitions:

Logistic Regression

A statistical method for analyzing datasets in which there are one or more independent variables that determine an outcome. The outcome is measured with a dichotomous variable (in which there are only two possible outcomes).

Success

The achievement of a goal, target, or desired outcome, often measured by specific criteria or standards in various contexts.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter with a certain degree of confidence.

Mean Cancer Mortality

The average number of deaths caused by cancer per unit of population over a defined period of time.