Comment on each of the following as a potential sample survey question. Is the question clear? Is it slanted toward a desired response?

(a) “Does your family use food stamps?”

(b) “Which of the flowing best represents your opinion on gun control?”

1. The government should confiscate our guns.

2. We have the right to keep and bear arms.

(c) “A freeze in nuclear weapons should be favored because it would begin a much-needed process to stop everyone in the world from building nuclear war in the future. Do you agree or disagree?”

(d) “In view of escalating environment degradation and incipient resource depletion, would you favor economic incentives for recycling resource- intensive consumer goods?”