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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Definitions:

Empirically

Grounded in, related to, or confirmable through direct observation or actual experience rather than through theory or abstract reasoning.

Scientific Hypothesis

An educated guess or prediction that forms the basis for an experiment and can be tested through observation and experimentation.

Imaginary Outcome

An envisioned result or scenario that exists only in one's imagination or as a construct of thought.

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is measured and is expected to change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.