An Example of a Double-Barreled Question Was Presented in the McBride

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Essay

An example of a double-barreled question was presented in the McBride text; "Do you believe that climate change is occurring and that humans are the cause?" Discuss why this is not a good survey question and what is meant by double-barreled. Provide a suggested update that is a better survey item for the question example.

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Definitions:

Freedom Summer

A 1964 campaign in the United States aimed at registering as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi, marked by significant activism and opposition.

Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution

Legislation passed by Congress in 1964 in reaction to supposedly unprovoked attacks on American warships off the coast of North Vietnam; it gave the president unlimited authority to defend U.S. forces and members of SEATO.

Silent Majority

A term referring to a large group of people in a society who do not express their opinions publicly and are considered to hold moderate views.

Loving V. Virginia

A landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that declared state laws prohibiting interracial marriage unconstitutional.