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wording and question
Due to the flaws in question wording and sequencing, however, these findings cannot be given serious weight.
The results of these two surveys were also directly contradicted by a much larger-scale national survey that did not suffer from these flaws in question wording </ ref > Kleck and Kates 2001, pp. 264 – 267 </ ref > Several further HICRC studies using data from surveys of detainees in prisons and interviews with prison physicians report that very few criminals are actually shot while committing crimes ( confirming the findings of Kleck and Gertz 1995 </ ref > Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 86 ( 1 ): 150-187, esp.
To initiate a citizens-initiated referendum on a particular issue, proponents of the referendum apply to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and once the question wording is determined, proponets have twelve months to compile a petition containing signatures from at least ten percent of all registered voters.
Even a small change in the wording of a question can affect how people search through available information, and hence the conclusions they reach.
The earlier halakha did not confine itself to the mere literal meaning of single passages, but sought to draw conclusions from the wording of the texts in question by logical deductions, by combinations with other passages, etc.
" ( There is no difference between the wording of a question and a statement in Spanish as there is in English.
Thus comparisons between polls often boil down to the wording of the question.
On some issues, question wording can result in quite pronounced differences between surveys.
* asking enough questions to allow all aspects of an issue to be covered and to control effects due to the form of the question ( such as positive or negative wording ), the adequacy of the number being established quantitatively with psychometric measures such as reliability coefficients, and
" ( Alternative forms are: " All those in favor ..."; " All in favor ..."; or the wording formerly prescribed by Congress, " As many as are in favor ...") In the case of a resolution, the question may be put as follows: " The question is on the adoption of the following resolution: it.
Krishan Kumar notes that support for measures to ensure that only English MPs can vote on legislation that applies only to England is generally higher than that for the establishment of an English parliament, although support for both varies depending on the timing of the opinion poll and the wording of the question.
Controversy surrounded the ambiguity and wording of the ballot question.
The way the referendum was carried out was heavily criticized by the opposition, including the exact wording of the question about the national insignia.
The wording can be changed as necessary, so long as it communicates that the chemical in question is known to the state to cause cancer, or birth defects or other reproductive harm.
They then wanted to know about the timing of the referendum and the precise wording of its question.
* commenting on the wording of the referendum question ( the government is responsible for proposing the wording )
Thus, following extensive debate on the wording of the questions in the months prior to the vote, the referendum ignored the important question of outright nationalization.
As a type of survey, questionnaires also have many of the same problems relating to question construction and wording that exist in other types of opinion polls.
In response to concern expressed by immigrants and English-speaking Canadians regarding the wording of the question and the possibility of another referendum, Prime Minister Chrétien referred the matter to the Supreme Court of Canada in December 1999.
However, in this area responses can vary widely with the exact wording of the question.
This occurs most often in the wording of the question.
The idea, though not the wording, has been attributed to the History of the Peloponnesian War by the ancient Greek historian Thucydides, who stated that " since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

wording and was
The wording on each note was:
The process was accompanied by numerous objections, notably from the deeply conservatively evangelical Diocese of Sydney which noted the loss of BCP wording and of an explicit ' biblical doctrine of substitutionary atonement '.
Calixtus ' reference to the feudal homage due the emperor on appointment is guarded: " shall do unto thee for these what he rightfully should " was the wording of the privilegium granted by Calixtus.
Although it could be reconciled with Cyril's Formula of Reunion, it was not compatible in its wording with Cyril's Twelve Anathemas.
However, the Council would determine ( with the exception of 13 Egyptian bishops ) that this was an issue of wording and not of doctrine ; a committee of bishops appointed to study the orthodoxy of the Tome using Cyril's letters ( which included the twelve anathemas ) as their criteria unanimously determined it to be orthodox, and the Council, with few exceptions, supported this.
The wording and syntax of this epistle in its original Greek demonstrates that the author was capable and fluent.
The usual wording of official announcements of this nature was " The King has been pleased to appoint ...", but on this occasion the announcement said merely " The King has appointed ...", and his Private Secretary Lord Stamfordham asked the Solicitor-General, Sir Robert Garran, to make sure Scullin was aware of the exact wording.
Even at that time their precise wording and order was not yet fixed, and varied from locale to locale.
However, the precise wording was still left open.
Most of the wording was left to the individual reader.
In 2007, the Pepsi wording was moved to the bottom of the globe.
When his lawyer pointed out an error in the wording of the act which seemed to limit its application to cases of the destruction of objects worth no more than five pounds, he was convicted instead of the destruction of the glass case in which the vase had sat.
Even at that time their precise wording and order was not yet fixed, and varied from locale to locale.
However, the precise wording was still left open.
Most of the wording was left to the individual reader.
Adolf von Harnack argued that Chrestians was the original wording, and that Tacitus deliberately used Christus immediately after it to show his own superior knowledge compared to the population at large.
The wording of this clause caused much controversy at the time it was first used.
Because the wording of the clause is so vague, it was impossible for either side to prove its point.
Although the wording of the Declaration was approved on July 4, the date of its signing was August 2.
On July 4, 1776, the wording of the Declaration of Independence was approved and sent to the printer for publication.

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