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Re:SOME OF THE SURVEY QUESTIONS - 2006/09/20 08:23
I don't think it is the questions that are threatening. It is the answers. I suspect that is why some elected officials wanted to have input into the survey - to mitigate any problems that might arise.
But surveys should be hands-off. Decide what you are trying to get at and let the professionals decide on the questions. As an example, I participated in a phone survey last night on the election between Nancy Johnson and Chris Murphy. By about half-way through I was actually laughing at the questions because they were so obviously slanted in favor of Murphy. The wording was obviously developed by the Murphy campaign and not by professionals trying to get at what people really feel. Examples (may not be exact wording):
Do you think that Nancy Johnson did very well, pretty well, or not well at all when she voted to maintain funding for GEORGE BUSH's war in Iraq?
Do you think that Nancy Johnson did very well, pretty well, or not well at all when she voted for GEORGE BUSH's prescription drug plan which is considered by some to be too COMPLEX and CONFUSING?
The entire "survey" was like this. The questions worded so as to make it sound like Nancy Johnson had done something wrong. That is biasing the poll. The question should be something like: Is the new Medicare prescription drug plan good or bad? The questions should be neutral. But when you have someone with a political agenda involved in writing the questions you end up with slant.
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