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Why a Question is Not Always a Question
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Ask NO questions and we get no information.
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Ask NO questions and we get no information.
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Ask an improper question
and we get MEANINGLESS information.
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Lawyer: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
Witness: No.
Lawyer: Did you check for blood pressure?
Witness: No.
Lawyer: Did you check for breathing?
Witness: No.
Lawyer: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
Witness: No.
Lawyer: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
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Witness: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Lawyer: But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?
Witness: It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere
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Which is worse?
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Ask a questions that is a bad question
and we get answers that look correct,
but which are meaningless information.
This is a very dangerous situation.
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Five Bad Questions (from the Internet)There are five things that women should never, ever ask a guy, according to an article in an issue of Sassy magazine.
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The five questions are:1 - "What are you thinking?"
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The five questions are:1 - "What are you thinking?"2 - "Do you love me?"
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The five questions are:1 - "What are you thinking?"2 - "Do you love me?"3 - "Do I look fat?"
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The five questions are:1 - "What are you thinking?"2 - "Do you love me?"3 - "Do I look fat?"4 - "Do you think she is prettier than me?“
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The five questions are:1 - "What are you thinking?"2 - "Do you love me?"3 - "Do I look fat?"4 - "Do you think she is prettier than me?"5 - "What would you do if I died?"
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Leading Questions:
A “leading” question is one that leads to a certain answer….
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http://efg-bnusfoodreserves.blogspot.com/2012/09/listen-to-reporters-conspire-on.html
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Leading Questions:1. Presupposition
“What is your opinion of the disastrous national debt?”
Or:
“What is your opinion of the national debt?”
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Leading Questions:1. Presupposition
“Do you believe this popular product is better than the competition?”
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Leading Questions:1. Presupposition2. One-sided
“Should more government money be spent onschools?”
Compared to what?
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Leading Questions:1. Presupposition2. One-sided3. Social desirable
“Right think”
“Right think in… right think out!”
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Leading Questions:1. Presupposition2. One-sided3. Social desirable4. Ambiguous
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Leading Questions:1. Presupposition2. One-sided3. Social desirable4. Ambiguous 5.Double bind
“Have you stopped beating you wife yet?” Yes or No.
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Leading Questions:What to avoid:
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Leading Questions:What to avoid:1. Ambiguity
Be precise and use precise words:
Avoid words such as:
“like” “you” “all” “good” “bad” “where”
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Leading Questions:What to avoid:1. Ambiguity 2. Leading questions
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Leading Questions:What to avoid:1. Ambiguity 2. Leading questions3. Implied assumptions
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Leading Questions:What to avoid:1. Ambiguity 2. Leading questions3. Implicit assumptions4. Implicit alternatives
a. Alternatives not expressed:
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Leading Questions:What to avoid:1. Ambiguity 2. Leading questions3. Implicit assumptions4. Implicit alternatives
a. Alternatives not expressed:b. Better: Alternative suggested by IF or THEN“Would you buy a fuel cell so you could be
independent of a utility company?”
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Leading Questions:What to avoid:1. Ambiguity 2. Leading questions3. Implicit assumptions4. Implicit alternatives
a. Alternatives not expressed:b. Better: Alternative suggested by IF or Then“Would you buy a fuel cell so you could be
independent of a utility company if it cost 10% more than you current payments?”
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Leading Questions:What to avoid:1. Ambiguity 2. Leading questions3. Implicit assumptions4. Implicit alternatives5. Generalizations and estimates
If a question becomes too generalized it may lose its meaning…
and/or people will just guess.
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Leading Questions:What to avoid:1. Ambiguity 2. Leading questions3. Implicit assumptions4. Implicit alternatives5. Generalizations and estimates6. Double-Barreled questions
Questions connected with “and,” and “or”… Which question is being answered??
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Leading Questions:What to avoid:Double-Barreled questions
Questions connected with “and,” and “or” Which question is being answered??
“Should our store give out more prizes, and have more contests?”
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http://www.uwex.edu/ces/tobaccoeval/pdf/good-bad.pdf
Mary Michaud