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- Assessing support for travel expense reimbursement for Wikimania Conference presenters.
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- Very Poor
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- Are you in favor of reasonable reimbursements for travel expenses to Wikimania for generous conference presenters, who take time out of their schedules to attend?
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- As this example shows, adjectives tend to make questions loaded. "Reasonable” turns this question into a loaded question, because if a respondent does not agree, then they are "unreasonable." The word "generous" implies that the presenter's time is more valuable and they should be reimbursed.
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- Poor
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- Are you in favor of reimbursements for travel expenses to Wikimania for conference presenters?
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- Although "reasonable" was removed, the question retains some bias towards answering "in favor of" rather than against.
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- Better
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- To what extent do you feel that Wikimania conference presenters should or should not be eligible to have their travel expenses reimbursed?
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- This final question puts funding into the question, so that participants or members realize that funds need to be sacrificed elsewhere in order to obtain laptops.
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