Janet saw on the news where a family of seven children perished in a house fire—it was also revealed that the house did not contain smoke detectors

As a result she developed a persuasive speech stating that this tragedy can be avoided in everyone's home with the simple installation of a smoke detector. Janet was using which kind of proposition for her central idea?
a. proposition of value
b. proposition of fact
c. proposition of policy
d. proposition of action

b

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Which of the following statements is true about nonscheduled interviews conducted from an interview guide?

A. It is easy for an interviewer to maintain control during a freewheeling interaction. B. It gives limited freedom to an interviewer to probe into answers. C. It requires little skill because questions required for an interview are prepared in advance. D. It allows an interviewer to adapt to an interviewee and situation as the interview progresses.

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