When Using the Direct Order Plan to Organize Your Information

question 9

Multiple Choice

When using the direct order plan to organize your information in a message, you should _____.

• A) present information that readers consider routine in the beginning
• B) present information that readers consider positive at the end
• C) present information that readers consider neutral at the end
• D) avoid beginning your message by stating your objective
• E) avoid delivering good news at the beginning of the message

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Definitions:

Level of Significance

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true; a measure of statistical significance.

Sum of Squares

A statistical technique used to describe the total variation in a dataset.

Error

The difference between a measured or observed value and the true value of the quantity of interest.

Normal Probability Distribution

A continuous probability distribution. Its probability density function is bell-shaped and determined by its mean m and standard deviation s.