Double Barreled question: Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about the childcare program. Incorrect: I feel welcomed by staff and other youth at the center Correction: I feel welcomed by staff at the center I feel welcomed by other youth at the center Biased/leading question Incorrect: Community organizing is hard. Do leadership trainings help you feel prepared for community organizing? Much more prepared Slightly more prepared Somewhat more prepared Not more prepared Correct: The leadership trainings prepare me for community organizing. Strongly agree Agree Double Negative Incorrect Disagree Strongly disagree Does it seem possible or does it seem impossible to you that the Nazi extermination of the Jews never happened? (22%) Possible Very impossible Very possible Impossible Correct Do you doubt that the Holocaust actually happened or not? (9%) Very possible Impossible Possible Very impossible The following are additional examples of bad survey questions. As a group. apply our class discussion, evaluating each question and its response choices to identify one error in each question (ie. double barreled). Explain the problem that your group identifies in each question and propose an alternative that solves the problem. 1. More people have attended the movie, Gone with the Wind, than any other motion picture produced this century. Have you seen this movie? Yes 2. In your opinion, how would you rate the speed and accuracy of your work? Excellent Good Fair Poor 3. Did you first hear about the bombing: from a friend or relative from a newspaper from the television or radio or other electronic media No 4. How do you feel about the following statement? We should not reduce military spending. Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree 5. People grow up in all different types of families. What type of family did you grow up in? Mom as single parent Strongly Agree 1 from your spouse at work Dad as a single parent Both Mom and Dad 6. Where do you get most or all of your information about current events in the nation and the world? _radio _Newspapers internet 2 Magazines 7. Higher than single-family density is acceptable in order to make housing affordable. Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree 5 3 Agree 4