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A paper by Willem Saris, Jon A. Krosnick and Eric Shaeffer on bias in agree/disagree questions.

A Public Opinion Quarterly article by Shaeffer, Krosnick, Gary Langer and Daniel M. Merkle comparing data quality in fully balanced vs. minimally balanced attitude questions.

Item from The Numbers blog exploring questionable questionnaire design in surveys measuring presidential pejoratives and sleep patterns, and an evaluation of questions measuring support for aid to financial institutions and affirmative action.

An item, and another, from The Numbers on the shortcomings of “knowledge” polls.