Blake was asked to speak at his local Kiwanis club meeting. In this case, his best source of audience information would likely be

In doing research for her persuasive speech, Andreina finds that the number of murders committed in her state decreased during the same year that the Republican-dominated state legislature banned capital punishment

If we examine this evidence critically, we can conclude that A) the ban on capital punishment caused the murder rate to drop. B) the decreasing murder rate caused the legislature to pass the ban on capital punishment. C) the Republicans are the best political party. D) people are becoming more civil with each passing each year. E) none of the above

Lina is analyzing data from a national survey of a sample of the population who regularly uses the Internet. She finds that the z-score for the percentage of Internet users in her home town is -1 . Assuming that the data have a normal distribution, Lina can make which of the following conclusions? a. The percentage of users in Lina's town is higher than it is in 90% of the othertowns in the

study. b. The percentage of users In Lina's town is higher than it is in 50% of the othertowns in the study c. The percentage of users in Lina's town is lower than it is in 50% of the othertowns in the study. d. The percentage of users in Lina's town is lower than it is in 90% of the othertowns in the study.