{"product_id":"the-art-of-asking-questions-9780691615684","title":"The Art of Asking Questions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile 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 quest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*FrontMatter, pg. i*Foreword (1980), pg. vii*Foreword, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xiii*Contents, pg. xv*1. Why concern yourself?, pg. 1*2. May we presume?, pg. 16*3. Who left it open?, pg. 32*4. Boy or girl?, pg. 55*5. Win, place, or show?, pg. 75*6. How else?, pg. 100*7. Still beat your wife?, pg. 114*8. Can you make it brief?, pg. 129*9. What's the good word?, pg. 138*10. What's wrong with \"you\"?, pg. 158*11. Isn't that loaded?, pg. 177*12. How does it read?, pg. 203*13. Is it possible?, pg. 214*14. How's that again?, pg. 228*References, pg. 239*General Index, pg. 243*Index of Examples, pg. 247","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884224885079,"sku":"9780691615684","price":33.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691615684.jpg?v=1722531011","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-art-of-asking-questions-9780691615684","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}