A "Don't Know" Option Does Not Appear to Reduce Uninformed

question 89

True/False

A "don't know" option does not appear to reduce uninformed responses without reducing the overall response rate or the response rate for questions about which the respondents have information.

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Definitions:

Hierarchy of Knowledge

A system or structure that ranks different types of knowledge or disciplines according to perceived importance, complexity, or applicability, often influencing educational and research priorities.

Socialist

A socialist advocates for a political and economic system where the production, distribution, and exchange of goods are regulated by the community as a whole or the state, aiming for equal distribution of wealth.

Utopian Socialists

Early 19th-century socialists who envisioned ideal societies where property was communally owned and each person worked according to their abilities and received according to their needs.

Early Socialists

Thinkers and activists in the 18th and 19th centuries who advocated for societal reform towards equality and communal ownership of production, laying the groundwork for modern socialist movements.