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"How much did you spend on food away from home last month" What is wrong with this question? It contains ambiguous words It is a "leading" or "loaded" question It is a "double barreled" question The respondent may not know the answer It is a question that has unstated consequences

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Answer:

It is a "double barreled" question

Step-by-step explanation:

The question shown above can be considered a double-barreled question. That's because, it doesn't specify what was spent on food outside the home last month. Was money spent? was gas used? was energy spent? we don't know, any of those things may have been spent.

A double-barreled question is the type of question that can address more than one subject, leaving the answer imprecise, because it may happen that the individual who received the question responds with something that is not exactly related to what the person who asked the question wants to know.

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