Sociology 2206A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Double Negative, Jargon, Opata Language
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Writing good question: avoidances (common mistakes: jargon, slang & abbreviations, ambiguity, confusion & vagueness, emotional/value-laden languages, prestige bias/leading, double-barrelled questions, sensitive, beyond respondents" capacities, extreme absolutes, distant future intentions, double negatives. Can you stand your boy/girlfriend if he/she has halitosis. Unclear frames of reference / a lack of a specific context. Questions that contain emotive or value judgment words. Questions that contain expert or authority position which can affect how people respond in a certain way. Most doctors say that cigarette smoking causes lung diseases. Education scholars have confirmed that higher education tends to bring one more income. Asking more than one item in one question. Questions that contain sensitive items can discourage study participants to respond. Can you tell me what can possibly happen when the federal government changes residency calculation methods for permanent residents who attempt to apply for their canadian citizenship? (technical issue) Questions that contain extreme absolutes (e. g. , frequency)
