What makes a question easy or hard?
Table of Contents
- 1 What makes a question easy or hard?
- 2 Which is most difficult question?
- 3 When faced with a difficult question we often answer an easier one instead usually without noticing the substitution?
- 4 How do I stop answering nosy questions?
- 5 Why do people ask so many questions on the Internet?
- 6 Is there a simple question that has a simple answer?
What makes a question easy or hard?
We can define easy questions as those with high p-values (item difficulty statistics) such as 0.9 to 1.0 (90-100\% of participants answer the question correctly). We can define hard questions as those with low p-values such as 0.15 to 0 (15-0\% answer the question correctly).
Which is most difficult question?
The hardest question ever asked: What is truth?
- Science is based on the correspondence theory of truth, which claims that truth corresponds with facts and reality.
- Various philosophers have put forth substantive challenges to the truth claims made by science.
What is a tough question?
Tough questions are those that we sometimes ask ourselves, or someone else, that seem, at least for awhile, not to have an answer. We might ask, “How will I ever get over this?” when we hear that a loved one has died or we might ask, “What should I do?” when we have a difficult choice to make.
When faced with a difficult question we often answer an easier one instead usually without noticing the substitution?
“When faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution,” writes psychologist and Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, in a new book.
How do I stop answering nosy questions?
10 assertive tips on dealing with nosy questions
- Go with your gut.
- Don’t be rude back.
- Use “I” statements.
- Find out more if appropriate.
- Say how you feel about being asked or about giving the information.
- Depersonalise your answer.
- Express your feelings if you want to.
- Move them on.
Why is it so difficult to answer “why” questions?
“Why” questions are a mind trick. It is not difficult but you feel so because you try to find reason. You’re forced to give your reason in one way that’s favorable to the person asking the question. Why are Indian education system is bad? Now, you will try to find an answer why Indian education system is bad. You will analyse and create a story.
Why do people ask so many questions on the Internet?
It’s pretty obvious that most people ask questions on the Internet when they don’t understand something and they want to know the answer. But it’s also common for people to ask questions that have no answer, or to get external validation. Those questions so often fall into “Why do X do Y?” categories.
Is there a simple question that has a simple answer?
There are also perfectly sensible questions that are asked that seem very simple, but because the “simple” question refers to a complex system there may not be one simple, straightforward answer. 30 years ago, if you had a question, you’d go to a library and ask the librarian.
What is the simple question in sociology?
The apparently “simple” question is often rhetorical, asking about human society, gender roles, laws, and any number of other incredibly complex issues of human society with no details, no limits, no critical thinking at all.