The Art of Asking Questions (Princeton Legacy Library) - Hardcover

Payne, Stanley Le Baron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691093040 ISBN 13: 9780691093048

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1951

Synopsis

While the statisticians are trying to knock a few tenths off the statistical error, says Mr. Payne, errors of tens of percents occur because of bad question wording. Mr. Payne's shrewd critique of the problems of asking questions reveals much about the nature of language and words, and a good deal about the public who must answer the poller's questions. For public opinion pollers, census takers, advertising copywriters, and survey makers of all kinds this book will be a tool for the achievement of more reliable results.

Originally published in 1951.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1951
• ISBN 10: 0691093040
• ISBN 13: 9780691093048
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264