Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 14 - Sampling and Simulation - 14-2 Surveys and Questionnaire Design - Exercises 14-2 - Page 759: 2

Answer

$-Flaw:\:The\:question\:lacks\:clarity\:on\:whether\:it\:refers\:to\:personal\:or\:professional\:aspects\:of\:the\:Mayor.\\-Rewritten\:Question:\:Do\:you\:support\:the\:professional\:activities\:of\:the\:Mayor?$

Work Step by Step

$A\:question\:is\:given\:as\:follows:\\"Do\:you\:like\:the\:Mayor?"\\We\:are\:supposed\:to\:identify\:the\:flaw\:involved\:in\:$ $the\:above\:question\:and\:rewrite\:the\:question\:following\:$ $the\:survey\:guidelines.\\The\:given\:question\:is\:an\:open-ended\:question.\:It\:is\:not\:$ $asking\:whether\:we\:like\:Mayor\:personally\:or\:professionally.\:$ $Hence,\:we\:can\:say\:that\:clarity\:is\:missing\:in\:this\:question.\\The\:given\:question\:can\:be\:reconstructed\:as\:follows:$ $"Do\:you\:support\:the\:professional\:activities\:of\:the\:Mayor?"$
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