Attitude Survey on Abortion For a long period of time, abortion has been a controversial and divisive issue that has seen widespread debates between pro-life and pro-choice advocates. The increased debates and divisive nature of this issue contributes to different in attitudes towards it. Even though abortion is commonly regarded as an issue centered on women's rights, there is minimal difference between men and women's attitudes regarding it (Smith & Son, 2013). Therefore, examining people's attitudes towards abortion helps in determining the most suitable solution to this practice relative to existing arguments and counterarguments.

The purpose of this survey is to obtain people's perspectives regarding their feelings and opinions on the contemporary issue of abortion. This survey is carried out to help inform people about this controversial issue since people that are against the practice tend to be largely misinformed. During this process, the survey will help highlight how people view abortion, especially with the increase in arguments and counterarguments in support of and opposition to abortion respectively.

Preliminary Design and Related Issues

In order to examine both sides of debates regarding this contemporary issue, the survey comprises 15 questions that allow the participants to give yes or no responses as well as explanations regarding their views on abortion. The preliminary...

In this case, the survey entailed the provision of a pre-determined set of questions to the participants. The use of questionnaires in this survey was influenced by the fact that it provides independence and encourages participants to provide honest responses to the standardized questions. Actually, the questions were standardized i.e. every participant was required to answer the same questions in order to ensure the validity and reliability of the findings.
However, there were several issues or challenges that occurred during the creation of this attitude survey. One of the preliminary design issues experienced in this process was identifying a suitable group of participants to administer the questionnaires. This was a major problem because the nature of the survey required a broad range of participants in order to enhance the validity and reliability of the findings. This issue was also characterized by challenges in identifying participants across different age groups given the significance of age in perceptions regarding abortion.

The second preliminary design challenge experienced in…