Fred Was Interested in Examining Conversations Between Lawyers and Their

question 74

Multiple Choice

Fred was interested in examining conversations between lawyers and their clients to determine whether lawyers influenced their client's decision to plead guilty to a crime.As a methodologist,Fred seeks your help.Which of the following statements would be poor advice?

• A)He must obtain excruciatingly accurate transcripts of the conversations.
• B)The same utterance may have a totally different meaning in a different context.
• C)There are established rules of behavior in conversations.
• D)Conversations must be understood contextually.
• E)He should ignore the "ers," "uhs," or bad grammar of the accused in the transcripts and focus on the meaning of the words.

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