Princeton Survey Research Associates did a study for Newsweek magazine illustrating the effects of wording in a survey. Two questions were asked:
• Do you personally believe that abortion is wrong?
• Whatever your own personal view of abortion, do you favor or oppose a woman in this country having the choice to have an abortion with the advice of her doctor?
To the first question, 57% of the respondents replied yes, while 36% responded no. In response to the second question, 69% of the respondents favored the choice, while 24% opposed the choice. Discuss why the two questions produced seemingly contradictory results. How could the results of the questions be used selectively by various groups?