The question, Do you feel the government should be forced to stop picking our pockets with excessive ...

The question, Do you feel the government should be forced to stop picking our pockets with excessive taxes and return a portion of the taxes collected to taxpayers?
 a. Is leading.
  b. Contains an implicit alternative.
  c. Is double-barreled.
  d. Both a and c.
  e. None of the above.

Question 2

A question that cues the respondent to the desired answer is:
 a. leading.
  b. double-barreled.
  c. ambiguous.
  d. closed-ended.
  e. open-ended.

Question 3

The question, Do you exercise often? seldom? sometimes? is:
 a. leading.
  b. concrete.
  c. ambiguous.
  d. contains an implied alternative.
  e. contains an implied assumption.

Question 4

Item nonresponse refers to:
 a. deception on the part of a respondent.
  b. respondent refusing to answer a question.
  c. respondent incorrectly answering a question.
  d. deception on the part of the researcher.
  e. poor phrasing of a question.

Question 5

A split-ballot refers to:
 a. the practice of using different phrasing or different orders for the alternatives on subsets of questionnaires to combat order bias.
  b. the practice of splitting the questionnaire responses in half for more accurate analysis.
  c. an administrative procedure in state elections.
  d. averaging in scale construction.
  e. None of the above.

Question 6

Which of the following is TRUE?
 a. A double-barreled question is one that calls for two responses and thereby creates confusion for the respondent.
  b. It is extremely important that the first few questions on a questionnaire be simple, interesting, and in no way threatening to the respondents.
  c. Opinion questions are typically good openers for a questionnaire because people like to feel their opinion is important.
  d. Both a and b.
  e. a, b, and c.