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Why a Question is Not Always a Question

Why a Question is Not Always a Question. Ask NO questions and we get no information. . Ask NO questions and we get no information. . Ask an improper question and we get MEANINGLESS information .

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Why a Question is Not Always a Question

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  1. Why a Question is Not Always a Question

  2. Ask NO questions and we get no information.

  3. Ask NO questions and we get no information.

  4. Ask an improper question and we get MEANINGLESS information.

  5. Lawyer: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check  for a pulse? Witness: No. Lawyer: Did you check for blood pressure? Witness: No. Lawyer: Did you check for breathing? Witness: No. Lawyer: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive  when you began the autopsy? Witness: No. Lawyer: How can you be so sure, Doctor?

  6. Witness: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. Lawyer: But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless? Witness: It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere

  7. Which is worse?

  8. Ask a questions that is a bad question and we get answers that look correct, but which are meaningless information. This is a very dangerous situation.

  9. Five Bad Questions (from the Internet) There are five things that women should never, ever ask a guy, according to an article in an issue of Sassymagazine.

  10. The five questions are: 1 - "What are you thinking?"

  11. The five questions are: 1 - "What are you thinking?"2 - "Do you love me?"

  12. The five questions are: 1 - "What are you thinking?"2 - "Do you love me?"3 - "Do I look fat?"

  13. The five questions are: 1 - "What are you thinking?"2 - "Do you love me?"3 - "Do I look fat?"4 - "Do you think she is prettier than me?“

  14. The five questions are: 1 - "What are you thinking?"2 - "Do you love me?"3 - "Do I look fat?"4 - "Do you think she is prettier than me?"5 - "What would you do if I died?"

  15. Leading Questions: A “leading” question is one that leads to a certain answer….

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  17. Leading Questions: • Presupposition “What is your opinion of the disastrous national debt?” Or: “What is your opinion of the national debt?”

  18. Leading Questions: • Presupposition “Do you believe this popular product is better than the competition?”

  19. Leading Questions: • Presupposition • One-sided “Should more government money be spent on schools?” Compared to what?

  20. Leading Questions: • Presupposition • One-sided • Social desirable “Right think” “Right think in… right think out!”

  21. Leading Questions: • Presupposition • One-sided • Social desirable • Ambiguous

  22. Leading Questions: • Presupposition • One-sided • Social desirable • Ambiguous • Double bind “Have you stopped beating you wife yet?” Yes or No.

  23. Leading Questions: What to avoid:

  24. Leading Questions: What to avoid: • Ambiguity Be precise and use precise words: Avoid words such as: “like” “you” “all” “good” “bad” “where”

  25. Leading Questions: What to avoid: • Ambiguity • Leading questions

  26. Leading Questions: What to avoid: • Ambiguity • Leading questions • Implied assumptions

  27. Leading Questions: What to avoid: • Ambiguity • Leading questions • Implicit assumptions • Implicit alternatives a. Alternatives not expressed:

  28. Leading Questions: What to avoid: • Ambiguity • Leading questions • Implicit assumptions • Implicit alternatives a. Alternatives not expressed: b. Better: Alternative suggested by IF or THEN “Would you buy a fuel cell so you could be independent of a utility company?”

  29. Leading Questions: What to avoid: • Ambiguity • Leading questions • Implicit assumptions • Implicit alternatives a. Alternatives not expressed: b. Better: Alternative suggested by IF or Then “Would you buy a fuel cell so you could be independent of a utility companyif it cost 10% more than you current payments?”

  30. Leading Questions: What to avoid: • Ambiguity • Leading questions • Implicit assumptions • Implicit alternatives • Generalizations and estimates If a question becomes too generalized it may lose its meaning… and/or people will just guess.

  31. Leading Questions: What to avoid: • Ambiguity • Leading questions • Implicit assumptions • Implicit alternatives • Generalizations and estimates • Double-Barreled questions Questions connected with “and,” and “or”… Which question is being answered??

  32. Leading Questions: What to avoid: Double-Barreled questions Questions connected with “and,” and “or” Which question is being answered?? “Should our store give out more prizes, and have more contests?”

  33. Mary Michaud http://www.uwex.edu/ces/tobaccoeval/pdf/good-bad.pdf

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