Question order bias. In July 1999, a Gallup poll of 1061 people asked the following two

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Question order bias. In July 1999, a Gallup poll of 1061 people asked the following two questions: n As you may know, former Major League Baseball player Pete Rose is ineligible for baseballs Hall of Fame because of charges that he gambled on baseball games. Do you think he should or should not be eligible for admission to the Hall of Fame? n As you may know, former Major League Baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson is ineligible for baseballs Hall of Fame because of charges that he took money from gamblers in exchange for fixing the 1919 World Series. Do you think he should or should not be eligible for admission to the Hall of Fame? The order in which the questions were asked was random: Approximately half of the people polled were asked about Rose first and Jackson second; the other half were asked about Jackson first and Rose second. When the order of the questions was Rose first and Jackson second, 64% of the respondents said that Rose should be eligible for admission to the Hall of Fame and 33% said that Jackson should be eligible for admission to the Hall of Fame. When the order of the questions was Jackson first and Rose second, 52% said that Rose should be eligible for admission to the Hall of Fame and 45% said that Jackson should be eligible for admission to the Hall of Fame. Explain why you think each players support for eligibility was less (by 12% in each case) when the player was second in the order of the questions.