EXAMPLES OF SURVEY QUESTIONS CAPABLE

OF PRODUCING MISLEADING OR

CONFUSING RESULTS

1) Has information concerning STD’s/STI’s made you more likely than before to practice safe sex?

2) Were you ever sexually harassed during high school?

3) Which of the following programs would you like to see on TV reruns? Rate your choices from 10 (highest) to 1 (lowest).

a) Three’s Company

b) Seinfeld

c) Friends

d) Space Doctor

e) Sanford and Son

f) Night Court

g) The Cosby Show

h) Welcome Back, Kotter

i) Good Times

j) Family Ties

4) For the AP Psychology test how much of the test should be devoted to each of the following areas of psychology? Your total should be 100%?

1) Abnormal and Clinical

2) Biological

3) Cognition and Intelligence

4) Developmental

5) History

6) Learning and Memory

7) Research Methods

8) Personality

9) Sensation and Perception

10) Social

5) Which subject do you enjoy most at school?

1) Math

2) Science

3) English

4) Foreign Language

5) History

6) Government

7) Art

8) Psychology

9) Football Practice

10) Other

6) How many hours a day do you spend doing homework?

a) 0-1 hour

b) 120 to 180 minutes

c) 4-5 hours

d) more than 5 hours

1) “no” has many meanings

2) There is a great range of meanings including: rape, saw graffiti I didn’t like, someone looked at me in an inappropriate way.

3) There was never a tv show called Space Doctor.

4) Many people just look at it and put 10% for each.

5) Irrelevant choice “football practice” is not an academic subject.

6) Answer choices are not consistent.