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Basking and Brooding: The Motivating Effects of Filter Questions in Surveys

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Context Effects in Social and Psychological Research

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Answer the following questions:

  1. Q1.

    Do you happen to remember anything special that your U.S. representative has done for your district or for the people in your district while he has been in Congress? (IF YES): What was that?

  2. Q2.

    Is there any legislative bill that has come up in the House of Representatives on which you remember how your congressman has voted in the last couple of years? (IF YES): What bill was that?

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Martin, L.L., Harlow, T.F. (1992). Basking and Brooding: The Motivating Effects of Filter Questions in Surveys. In: Schwarz, N., Sudman, S. (eds) Context Effects in Social and Psychological Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2848-6_7

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