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'EXAMPLES OF BAD QUESTIONS & SUGGESTIONS OF HOW TO FIX THEM! Double lay question: Please indicate how much you pair or protest with sepa wanderly of the quest statements some the childc be program. Incorrect: I feel welcomed by faculty and different youth at the affection Correction: I feel welcomed by staff at the center I feel welcomed by other(a) youth at the center prepossess/leading question Incorrect: Community organizing is hard. Do leadership trainings help you feel prepared for confederation organizing? Much more prepared Slightly more prepared Somewhat more prepared non more preparedCorrect: The leadership trainings prepare me for community organizing. powerfully accept Double Negative Incorrect Does it have the appearance _or_ semblance possible or does it seem impossible to you that the national socialist extermination of the Jews never happened? (22%) in truth possible unsufferable Correct Do you doubt that the Holocaust genuinely happened or not? ( 9%) Very possible impractical Possible Very impossible Possible Very impossible Agree disaccord powerfully protest EVALUATING SURVEYS The following are additional examples of bad behold questions. As a group, apply our class discussion, evaluating each question and its response choices to identify one fracture in each question (ie. ouble barreled). Explain the riddle that your group identifies in each question and aim an alternative that solves the problem. 1. More people have attend the movie, Gone with the Wind, than any other motion point produced this century. Have you seen this movie? Yes No 2. In your opinion, how would you rate the speed and verity of your buy the farm? Excellent wide Fair suffering 3. Did you first hear about the battery: ______ from a friend or coitus ______ from your spouse ______ from a newspaper ______ at work ______ from the television or radio or other electronic media 4.How do you feel about the following statement? We should not bowd lerise military spending. Strongly agree Agree disagree Strongly disagree 5. People grow up in both different types of families. What type of family did you grow up in? ______Mom as single parent ______Dad as a single parent ______Both Mom and Dad 6. Where do you fuss most or all of your entropy about current events in the nation and the innovation? __radio __Newspapers __Magazines __internet 7. Higher than single-family density is acceptable in regularize to make admit affordable. Strongly Undecided resist Strongly Disagree Agree Agree 1 2 3 4 5CORRECTING SURVEYS The following are some suggestions of how to fix the problems of the survey questions found on the prior page. 1. Problem: Biased/Leading consequence: Have you seen the movie Gone with the Wind? Yes No 2. Problem: Double Barreled Solution: In your opinion, how would you rate the speed of your work? Excellent practiced Fair Poor In your opinion, how would you rate the accuracy of your work? Excellent Good Fair Poo r 3. Problem: Categories are not Mutually sole(prenominal) Solution: Did you first hear about the bombing: ____ from a friend ____ from a relative ____ from a media generator 4.Problem: Double Negative Solution: How do you feel about the following statement? We should reduce military spending. Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree 5. Problem: Categories are not Exhaustive Solution: People grow up in all types of families. What type of family did you grow up in? ____two biological parents ____one biological parent & a step parent ____ mom as a single parent ____ dad as a single parent ____ with a relative other than my biological parents ____ in foster care ____ with adopted parent(s) 6.Problem: Double Barreled Solution: Which media source do you rely on most to get schooling about current events involving the nation? ___radio ___ Newspapers __Magazines ___ profit Which media source do you rely on most to get information about current events involving the world? ___ radio ___ Newspapers __Magazines ___ Internet 7. Problem: Ambiguous Solution: In bless to make housing affordable, is it acceptable to build housing whose buildings hold more than one family? Strongly agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree\r\n'