Investigative Reporting of the Sort That Bernstein and Woodward Did

question 221

Multiple Choice

Investigative reporting of the sort that Bernstein and Woodward did on Watergate is

• A) common but not frequent.
• B) rare.
• C) no longer taught in journalism schools.
• D) more prominent now given the internet.
• E) what big-time journalism is all about.

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Definitions:

Coefficient Of Determination

A statistical measure represented by R² that assesses the proportion of variance in the dependent variable predictable from the independent variables.

Correlation Coefficient

A numerical indicator that determines the magnitude of the correlation between the relative fluctuations of two variables.

Regression Analysis

An approach in statistics for modeling how a dependent variable is related to one or more independent variables.

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is expected to change as a result of manipulations to the independent variable.