Although lies may be acceptable in some narrow instances, they are never justifiable in public speaking

In his speech to the freshman class advocating reducing alcohol use on campus, Xavier stated that a third of the freshman class had taken an oath not to drink until they could do so legally. Xavier is offering _______ by showing his audience that many people had done what he wanted the audience to do

A) a gesture of goodwill B) a credibility statement C) negative social proof D) positive social proof

A hypothesis is

A. in the form of a question. B. used when conflicting results are found in the research literature. C. necessary for quantitative research. D. an educated guess or a presumption based on the review of the research literature. E. the definition of one variable.