Cloning a Polling Organization Is Investigating Public Opinion About Cloning

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Essay

Cloning A polling organization is investigating public opinion about cloning. They phone a random sample of 1200 adults, asking each person one of these questions (randomly chosen):
A: "Do you favor allowing doctors to use cloned cells in attempts to find cures for such terrible diseases as Alzheimer's, diabetes, and Parkinson's?"
B: "Should research scientists be allowed to use cloned human embryos in their experiments?"
Which question do you expect will elicit greater support for cloning? Explain. What kind of bias is this?

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