Controversial Questions

[Cowhead418]

So, for my first project in my AP Statistics class, we are to conduct a survey composed of two different questions. These questions must have two different forms, an unbiased form and a biased form in order to influence the answers. I was thinking that I would like to have controversial questions, to make the survey more interesting.

Examples (unbiased first then biased to the two extremes underneath):

Civil War:
- War of Northern Aggression?
- War to Save the Union (and the Slaves)?

Abortion:
- Women's reproductive right?
- Legal murder of babies?

The Poor (and Welfare):
- Underprivileged people hurt by 'the system' who work just as hard as everyone else but are just unlucky? The state should help those at the bottom.
- Lazy, ignorant simpletons who just don't have the willpower or knowledge to get rich and and who are too busy complaining about unfairness and asking to spend your hard-earned cash to improve upon their situations?

Others? What kind of questions would you ask people (a random sample)?

[Zaknafien]

War on Terrorism:
- "American Imperialist Aggression"?
- War to "Stop the Evildoers" ?

The Federal Reserve:

- Guarantor of Stability in Fiancial Markets?
- Illegal, Immoral Private Enterprise?

Christopher Columbus

- Heroic Explorer of New Worlds?
- Racist Human Rights Violator and War Criminal?

[Marshal Murat]

War on Terrorism:
A. Neo-con war for blood-oil?
B. Fight against those who would kill us.

Crisis in Sudan:
A. A rebellion against established authority
B. Blatant genocide of a peaceful people

[Beirut]

Beer:

-The birthright of all men?
-The path to spare tires and endless television?

[master of the puppets]

well first off don't do the poor welfare one because there is no single group, there are people who dwell on both sides.

[Strike For The South]

Women
Evil?
Really Evil?

[Ice]

Crisis in Sudan:
A. A rebellion against established authority
B. Blatant genocide of a peaceful people

Neither

[Crazed Rabbit]

So, for my first project in my AP Statistics class, we are to conduct a survey composed of two different questions. These questions must have two different forms, an unbiased form and a biased form in order to influence the answers. I was thinking that I would like to have controversial questions, to make the survey more interesting.

Examples (unbiased first then biased to the two extremes underneath):

Civil War:
- War of Northern Aggression?
- War to Save the Union (and the Slaves)?

Abortion:
- Women's reproductive right?
- Legal murder of babies?

The Poor (and Welfare):
- Underprivileged people hurt by 'the system' who work just as hard as everyone else but are just unlucky? The state should help those at the bottom.
- Lazy, ignorant simpletons who just don't have the willpower or knowledge to get rich and and who are too busy complaining about unfairness and asking to spend your hard-earned cash to improve upon their situations?

Others? What kind of questions would you ask people (a random sample)?

None of those are unbiased.

IMO, something like:
1) Does America need more gun control laws?
and
2) Should the government do more to stop the flood of assault weapons and gun violence causing blood to flow in our streets?

is a better example.

CR

[ajaxfetish]

None of those are unbiased.

IMO, something like:
1) Does America need more gun control laws?
and
2) Should the government do more to stop the flood of assault weapons and gun violence causing blood to flow in our streets?

is a better example.

CR

I think you're missing it because his 'unbiased' versions aren't actually questions. (In fact he hasn't made questions with any of them at all, just named issues about which questions could be asked) He's labelling the issue, then giving names from the extremes of the spectrum.

eg--abortion--neutral
----women's rights--one extreme
----state-sponsored murder--other extreme

Ajax

[Crazed Rabbit]

Ah, I see. I was incorrect; I think then that you've certainly got the idea Cowhead.

CR

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Abortion:
Inefficient?
Efficient?

[ICantSpellDawg]

Crime in the U.S.
-American system's war on Minorities
-Minorities' war on American system

Debacle in Iraq
-Created by U.S. Admin and uncovered by media
-Created by media and poorly dealt with by U.S. admin

[Rodion Romanovich]

Women
Evil?
Really Evil?

Abortion:
Inefficient?
Efficient?

[CountArach]

Crime in the U.S.
-American system's war on Minorities
-Minorities' war on American system

Debacle in Iraq
-Created by U.S. Admin and uncovered by media
-Created by media and poorly dealt with by U.S. admin

These seem really biased to me. I would avoid using the word "Debacle"