In Trying to Assess Attitudes About Particular Subjects, Public Opinion

question 53

Multiple Choice

In trying to assess attitudes about particular subjects, public opinion pollsters have become aware that attitude responses seem to be affected by all of the following factors except the

• A) context in which the question appears.
• B) wording of the question.
• C) order of the questions.
• D) length of the questionnaire.

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Definitions:

Resistance Values

Measurement of how much an object opposes the passage of electric current, expressed in ohms.

Wheatstone Bridge Circuit

An electrical circuit used to precisely measure unknown electrical resistances by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit.

Piezo Resistive

Refers to the change in the electrical resistance of a material when mechanical stress is applied to it.

Sensor

A device that detects or measures physical properties and sends the information to a display or control system.