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Avoid loaded questions

Objective	Assessing support for travel expense reimbursement for Wikimania Conference presenters.
Very Poor	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? 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.
Poor	Are you in favor of reimbursements for travel expenses to Wikimania for conference presenters? Although "reasonable" was removed, the question retains some bias towards answering "in favor of" rather than against.
Better	To what extent do you feel that Wikimania conference presenters should or should not be eligible to have their travel expenses reimbursed? 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.