If You Were Told That a Young Monk Was Rebuffed

question 44

Multiple Choice

If you were told that a young monk was rebuffed by his superior when he asked if he could "smoke while he prayed".A friend advised the monk to ask the question a different way: "May I pray while I smoke?" This illustrates that

• A)questions may be worded to always get a positive response.
• B)questions may be worded so that the response is biased by the question itself.
• C)questions should be worded to support the interests of the research sponsor.
• D)monks shouldn't smoke.
• E)None of these are correct.

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