Question Framing Quotes

You can anchor the mind into answering a question a certain way by giving them a totally unrelated piece of information dropped before.

The media only report stupid or careless answers, not stupid or unfair questions.

He who frames the question wins the debate.

There's the wonder of being able to do research from your own living room, of course. I do find that my biggest research issue, though, is how to frame my questions.

Ace of Spades says that this became clear to him in a revelation one night. He was watching Chris Matthews interview [Barack] Obama, and he didn't get one question! He didn't ask Obama one question about how Obamacare works. Every question was one degree or another: How do you feel about [John] Boehner opposing it? How do you feel about it? What will make you happy? Do you think you can get it? [It] was irrelevant!

The way a question is asked limits and disposes the ways in which any answer to it-right or wrong-may be given.

There are no right answers to wrong questions.

If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.

Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.

When the wrong question is being asked, it usually turns out to be because the right question is too difficult. Scientists ask questions they can answer. That is, it is often the case that the operations of a science are not a consequence of the problematic of that science, but that the problematic is induced by the available means.

...it is distressing how often one can guess the answer given to an economic question merely by knowing who asks it.

The questions they ask usually in the polls is: do you support the President's attempt to overthrow the government of Saddam Hussein? ... If you ask a question like: do you support the dropping of powerful explosives upon the heads of totally innocent men, women and children, demolishing their homes and their schools and their hospitals, are you in favour of that? That would change the answers, I think, quite a bit.

Whoever controls the question determines the answer.