Question

Determine whether each survey question is biased or unbiased. If biased, explain your reasoning. Do you prefer watching exciting football games or sitting through choir recitals?
1. biased; the question addresses more than one issue.
2. biased; the question encourages a certain response.
3. unbiased biased; the question causes a strong reaction.

Answer 1

Answer: 2. biased; the question encourages a certain response.

Explanation:

The question is biased because it already makes assumptions of the two activities.

It labels football games as EXCITING whilst asking if one would 'SIT THROUGH' choir recitals which is a way of saying that the choir recitals are BORING.

This question therefore elicits a certain response as most people would go with the Exciting activity so as not to be seen as boring people who would go to choir recitals.