CASE STUDY 27.7 UNPALATABLE PATE

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CASE STUDY 27.7
UNPALATABLE PATE
For Questions , use the following narrative
Narrative: Case study 27.7 summary
News article excerpt: An exploratory study asked roughly 300 Australian students whether they approved or disapproved of certain uses of animals.Researchers concluded that students frequently condemned consumptive practices while endorsing consumption itself.For example, nearly three-fourths of the students disapproved of "force-feeding geese to make their livers swell up to produce pate for restaurants" but the majority did not disapprove of "eating pate produced by the force-feeding of geese." The authors interpreted these findings as evidence of an inconsistency between people's attitudes and behaviors toward the use of animals.

-{Case study 27.7 narrative} This is an excellent example of a survey where wording of the questions can greatly affect the results.Comment on the wording of the question, "Do you approve or disapprove of force-feeding geese to make their livers swell up to produce pate for restaurants?" and suggest how the question should be rewritten if you find problems with it.

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