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'end

before they

could

find

the alternative:

have

directly-elected members".

In

fact

Panel

h ad

with

A GB

accepted

that

during one of the two meetings the Omelco

McNair's representatives,

the

latter

in framing questions for survey purposes, every

adopt the following

survey company should, among other things,

basic principles:-

(1)

The

question

must

be

easily understood by the sort

of people that are going to be asked to answer

it.

(2)

in the mind

It must be simple enough to be retained of the person asked while reflecting upon the answer

to be given.

(3)

If the question

contains

of a number

alternatives

answers,

then all the

should be clear answers

and

(4)

should cover all reasonable possibilities.

The style of the question

must not be

such as

to

lead

or

the influence

respondent

towards

one

possible answer rather than another.

(5)

The question

must

deal

with

the

underlying

idea

adequately.