A Time-Oriented Listener Is Interested In

question 101

Multiple Choice

A time-oriented listener is interested in:

• A)the organization of points in the right order.
• B)the point of the speech.
• C)the speaker's attitude toward the topic.
• D)the speaker's rhetorical approach.
• E)timely examples and explanations.

---

Definitions:

Median

The middle value of a data set when it is ordered from least to greatest, effectively splitting the data set into two equal parts.

Sample Variance

A measure of the variability or spread of a sample data set, calculated as the average of the squared differences from the sample mean.

Sample Mean

The mean of a collection of numbers, determined by adding all the values together and then dividing the total by the count of values in the set.

Median

The middle value in a dataset when arranged in ascending or descending order, effectively dividing the dataset into two equal halves.