Knowing the Publisher of Research Materials

question 36

Multiple Choice

Knowing the publisher of research materials:

• A)is important because your audience will expect you to cite it.
• B)gives you access to writers who are likely to agree with you.
• C)helps you determine the credibility of the source.
• D)is important if you must type your works cited page.
• E)matters only when your topic is a public controversy.

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Definitions:

Bayes' Law

A theorem in probability theory used to update the probability of a hypothesis as more evidence or information becomes available.

Posterior Probability

The probability of an event or hypothesis after taking into consideration new evidence or information.

Prior Probabilities

The probabilities that are assigned to events or hypotheses before any relevant evidence is taken into account, used in Bayesian analysis.

Likelihood Probabilities

Measures of how probable different outcomes are, given a specific set of observed data, in statistical analysis.