Surveys Designed to Measure the Prevalence of Rape and Other

question 165

Multiple Choice

Surveys designed to measure the prevalence of rape and other types of unwanted sex

• A) consistently find that 25% of women are victims of forcible rape.
• B) consistently find that stranger rape is more common than acquaintance rape.
• C) produce very different responses, depending on how the questions are worded.
• D) are not considered ethical, so they can no longer be conducted.

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Definitions:

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