Question

classify the following questions as biased or fair. complete parts (a) through (f) below.
a. how do you feel about the president’s view on healthcare?
select the correct answer below.
a. the question is biased because answers are typically drawn along party lines.
b. the question is fair because it doesn’t ask for an opinion one way or another.
c. the question is fair because healthcare is a very important topic.
d. the question is biased because they clearly agree with the president’s views.
b. do you feel positive or negative about the new professor?
select the correct answer below.
a. the question is fair because it doesn’t ask for a positive or negative response.
b. the question is fair because professors have a lot of power over students.
c. the question is biased because it is a topic about an individual, instead of events.
d. the question is biased because they wouldn’t ask unless they disliked the professor.

Explanation:

Part (a)

To determine if the question "How do you feel about the president’s view on healthcare?" is biased or fair, we analyze the options:

• Option A claims bias due to party - line answers, but the question itself doesn't imply party - related bias.
• Option B: The question is fair as it simply asks for a person's opinion about the president's view on healthcare without leading or biasing the respondent towards a particular answer. It doesn't push for a positive or negative response or have any inherent bias in its wording.
• Option C: The importance of healthcare doesn't make the question biased; the question is about the president's view, not the topic's importance.
• Option D: The question doesn't show agreement with the president's views; it just asks for the respondent's feelings.

For the question "Do you feel positive or negative about the new professor?", we analyze the options:

• Option A: The question is about a professor, not related to fairness due to not asking for positive/negative (it does ask for positive/negative).
• Option B: Professors' power over students is not relevant to the bias of this question.
• Option C: The question is about an individual (the new professor), but that doesn't make it biased. The bias comes from the forced - choice of positive or negative, but actually, the question is biased as it implies that the only possible responses are positive or negative and also has an underlying implication that there must be a positive or negative feeling, but more importantly, the way it's framed can be seen as biased because it's a leading question in terms of the response type. However, among the given options, Option D: The question is biased because they wouldn't ask unless they disliked the professor. This is a bit of a stretch, but let's re - evaluate. Wait, the question "Do you feel positive or negative about the new professor?" is biased because it forces the respondent into a binary (positive/negative) response and also, the act of asking such a question might imply that there is a reason to have a non - neutral feeling (like the person asking dislikes the professor). But among the options, Option B is incorrect as it says the question is fair (it's not, as it forces a positive/negative response). Option A is incorrect. Option C is incorrect. Option D: The question is biased because they wouldn't ask unless they disliked the professor. This is the best fit among the options as it implies that the question has an underlying bias (the asker's possible dislike of the professor leading to the question).

Answer:

B. The question is fair because it doesn't ask for an opinion one way or another.

Part (b)