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A statement whose truth can be proved or verified serves in a report as a:Read the answer and worked solution →A statement of belief or value rather than verifiable truth is an:Read the answer and worked solution →A preconceived opinion about a subject, idea or group of people is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The tendency shaping how people gather and process new information is called cognitive:Read the answer and worked solution →To spot bias in a source, a reader should first determine the writer's:Read the answer and worked solution →A further defence against a one-sided view is to read on the topic a number of sources that is:Read the answer and worked solution →The purpose of a report is to explain information and to:Read the answer and worked solution →A report whose purpose is to present and analyse information is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →The people who will read a report, or who could read it, are its:Read the answer and worked solution →Writing free of personal feelings and emotional language shows an objective:Read the answer and worked solution →A paragraph highlighting the findings of a report in the quickest form is the executive:Read the answer and worked solution →The section explaining how information was gathered and from what sources is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The section summarising the collected data and explaining the analysis is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Documents related to a report but not central to understanding it belong in an:Read the answer and worked solution →A declarative sentence stating the topic, the angle and the aspects to be covered is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Looking beneath the surface of words and images to evaluate them is called critical:Read the answer and worked solution →The sense that a writer is trustworthy and credible is the appeal known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Using facts as evidence to appeal to logical thinking is the appeal known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Factual statements that include numbers and serve as evidence are:Read the answer and worked solution →Combining ideas, facts and statistics and making connections among them is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Information that can be removed without changing a sentence's meaning should be enclosed in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the report partsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the kinds of evidenceRead the answer and worked solution →Run the writing gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the writing wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Fact or opinionRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the writing wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Writing bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A statement whose truth can be proved or verified serves in a report as a:

  1. Fact
  2. Fable
  3. Fancy
  4. Feint
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Correct answer: A. Fact

1. It can be checked by observation or measurement. 2. That is what makes it usable as evidence. 3. Such a statement is a fact. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 8, Analytical Report._

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A statement of belief or value rather than verifiable truth is an:

  1. Objection
  2. Opinion
  3. Occasion
  4. Omission
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Correct answer: B. Opinion

1. It cannot be settled by measurement. 2. It forms the basis of a claim in argument. 3. Such a statement is an opinion. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 8, Analytical Report._

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A preconceived opinion about a subject, idea or group of people is called:

  1. Bias
  2. Basis
  3. Batch
  4. Blank
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Correct answer: A. Bias

1. It is held before the evidence is examined. 2. Readers and writers both need to watch for it. 3. That is bias. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 8, Analytical Report._

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