Question

A researcher wished to gauge public opinion on gun control. He randomly selected 1000 people from amongst all registered voters and asked them the following question: "Do you believe that gun control laws which restrict the ability of Americans to protect their families should be eliminated?". Identify the abuse of statistics.

loaded question

self interest

nonresponse

reported results

Answer 1

loaded question

Explanation:

The question is biased with an opinion that directs the surveyed people to respond by a negative answer.

The problematic part is "which restrict the ability of Americans to protect their families". That's a judgement value and an opinion that prevents the people to give an honest answer to the base question.

"Do you believe that gun control laws should be eliminated?", would be a more correct version of that biased question. An even better question would be to identify a specific law in the question.