(8.14) In 2010, a Quinnipiac University Poll and a CNN Poll each asked a nationw
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(8.14) In 2010, a Quinnipiac University Poll and a CNN Poll each asked a nationwide sample about their views on openly gay men and women serving in the military. Here are the two questions:
Question A: Federal law currently prohibits openly gay men and women from serving in the military. Do you think this law should be repealed or not?
Question B: Do you think people who are openly gay or homosexual should or should not be allowed to serve in the U.S. military?
One of these questions had 78% responding “should,” and the other question had only 57% responding “should.” Which wording is slanted toward a more negative response on gays in the military?
a-- question a
b-- question b
c-both
(9.07) Will cash bonuses speed the return to work of unemployed people? A state department of labor notes that last year 41% of people who filed claims for unemployment insurance found a new job within 15 weeks. As an experiment, the state offers $500 to people filing unemployment claims if they find a job within 15 weeks. The percent who do so increases to 53%.
Can we be sure that offering the cash bonuses was responsible for the increase in the percent of those finding jobs?
a--Confounding with lurking variables makes it impossible to say whether the treatment really caused the increase.
b--It can be surely said that the treatment didn't cause the increase.
c--It can be surely said that the treatment caused the increase.
Explanation / Answer
8.14.
Since question A has greater percentage of a favorable response for gay men and women, then
OPTION B: QUESTION B
is slanted toward a more negative response on gays in the military. [ANSWER]
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9.07
OPTION A: a--Confounding with lurking variables makes it impossible to say whether the treatment really caused the increase.
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