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Why Is It Essential That a Questionnaire Be Carefully Designed

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Why is it essential that a questionnaire be carefully designed and prepared? What problems can arise when a survey has not been well thought out?


Definitions:

Law Of Small Numbers

A bias in which people infer patterns or make generalizations from a small sample size, which may lead to misleading conclusions.

Gambler's Fallacy

The mistaken belief that if something happens more frequently than normal during some period, it will happen less frequently in the future, or vice versa.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that depends on the first examples that appear in someone's mind when considering a particular subject, idea, technique, or choice.

Conjunction Fallacy

The cognitive bias where people incorrectly believe specific conditions are more probable than a single general one.

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