Question

One recent survey showed that two-thirds of Americans believe that federal officials are spending "too little" money on "assistance for the poor." Yet, another survey conducted at the same time found that only one-tenth of Americans believe that federal officials are spending "too little" on "welfare." This example shows that_______________.

Answer 1

"too little" "assistance for the poor"

"Too little" " on welfare"

These two words are basically the same thing. But because of the words used in different surveys, the results were very drastic.

This shows that a question can be asked using different vocabulary to get different responses.