When You Include Another Person's Ideas in a Report, You

question 9

Multiple Choice

When you include another person's ideas in a report, you should

• A) include the entire section so readers can see it in context.
• B) put quotation marks around any information you paraphrase.
• C) avoid plagiarism by rearranging or omitting a few words.
• D) paraphrase various sources, without attribution, as needed for your purpose.
• E) use direct quotations when you cannot improve on the wording.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A selection of values, based on sample results, assumed to incorporate the value of an obscure population parameter.

Mean

The average value of a data set, calculated by adding up all the numbers in the set and then dividing by the count of the numbers.

Confidence Interval

A spectrum of values, from sample measurements, that is anticipated to capture the value of a hidden population parameter.

Standard Error

A statistical measure that describes the distribution of sample means around the population mean, indicating the accuracy of a sample mean as an estimate of the population mean.