A Person Who Is Trying to Persuade Another Person Will

question 8

Multiple Choice

A person who is trying to persuade another person will be most persuasive if the ____.

• A) other person is aware that the persuader is trying to persuade
• B) persuader is of average attractiveness
• C) persuader is not necessarily an expert on the issue
• D) persuader gives both sides of the argument

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Definitions:

Stepwise Regression

An approach to regression analysis where the selection of variables for prediction is done automatically.

F-statistic

A value used in ANOVA tests to determine if the variances between means of different groups are significantly different.

P-value

A measure in statistics that helps determine the significance of results, indicating the probability of observing the given result by chance if the null hypothesis is true.

F-to-enter

A criterion used in multiple regression analysis to decide at which level a new variable should be included in the model.