It Is Well Known That the Order of the Questions

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Essay

It is well known that the order of the questions in a survey can affect the responses.This is thought to occur because issues raised in one question are remembered whenresponding to later questions. In 1948 many people in the United States wereconcerned about the spread of communism as a political and economic philosophy. Asurvey given that year contained both of the following questions:(i) Do you think the United States should let Communist newspaper reportersfrom other countries come in here and send back to their papers the news asthey see it?
(ii) Do you think a Communist country like Russia should let Americannewspaper reporters come in and send back to America the news as they seeit?
The following table contains the percentages of the Yes/No answers to question (i)given by respondents when asked these questions in different orders.Responses to Communist reporter question in 1948
(a) Construct a comparative bar chart using these response percentages.
(b) Do you think the order of the questions made a difference in the responses?
Explain why or why not in a few sentences.

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