Which of the Following Is False About Planning a Speech

question 41

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is false about planning a speech?

• A)For a persuasive speech,in addition to considering the audience's interests,you will also want to gauge their attitudes and beliefs.
• B)For a short speech,especially if it is a speech to entertain,you may be able to rely completely on your knowledge and ideas.
• C)In most cases you will need to gather information so that you can make your speech interesting by telling the audience things they do not already know.
• D)When you have determined your general purpose,the amount of material appropriate to the time allowed for your speech,and the appropriateness for your audience,then you can identify the topic for your speech.
• E)You should state your specific purpose in more than one sentence.

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Definitions:

Nominal Data

Data categorized without a natural order or rank, such as names, labels, or categories.

Ordinal Data

Data that can be categorized into a defined order or ranking, but the intervals between the categories are not necessarily consistent.

Nonparametric Techniques

Statistical methods that do not assume a specific distribution of the data, often used when data does not meet the assumptions of parametric tests.

Population Parameters

Characteristics or measures that describe aspects of a population, such as its mean, variance, or standard deviation.