Why do survey researchers worry about the wording of their questions when doing polling?
a. How a question is worded can unintentionally, but not intentionally, skew results.
b. How a question is worded can intentionally, but not unintentionally, skew results.
c. How a question is worded can affect how it is answered.
d. How a question is worded can generate a low degree of consensus.
c
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a. was critical of U.S. foreign policy. c. exposed CIA abuses. b. reinforced the anticommunist consensus. d. limited presidential power.
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a. secession b. antioccupation c. territorial objectives d. antiregime resistance e. antiapartheid campaigns
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