Re: [WSG] Default state of radio buttons. (Maybe OT?)

[Mike Kear]

Perhaps, Kornel, but in that case how to you tell the difference between responses where people preferred not to say/didn't know (i.e. an answer to the question), and where people didn't answer the question or didnt notice it?

There are cases where a default is a bad thing, and you need to be able to handle forms with no answer, rather than providing a default. 

In another example, providing a default may slant your responses in favour of the default, because respondents think that's the answer you're wanting.  Ever-obliging they tend to give the answer they think the  questioner wants.

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--------- Original Message --------
Good surveys need "don't know/prefer not to answer" for every question and
that might be a good default.

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regards, Kornel Lesi�ski
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