Special care should be taken with true and false questions that contain negative words such as “not” and “cannot.“Group of answer choicesFalseTrue

What could be a reasonable concern to have about the following item? “There is no way you can do nothing about climate change” (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree)Group of answer choicesDouble-barrelledDouble negativeInappropriate languageAll of the above

True or False: Avoidance occurs when you change the topic to ensure you can reveal troublesome information.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

Avoiding a decision is a way of making a decision.Group of answer choicesFalseTrue

Researchers must avoid negative questions when writing a survey. What are negative questions?Group of answer choicesquestions that ask about two different topicsquestions that let the respondent know how the researcher hopes they will answerquestions that belittle or insult a group or individualquestions that ask respondents what they do not think rather than what they do think

True or False: We are being vague when we answer questions with ambiguous language.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse