Questionnaire
I am interested in your opinions on honesty. Please take a few minutes to complete this one page questionnaire. I am collecting this information as part of a project for my statistics class. Your answers will be kept confidential and remain anonymous. This data will not be used for any other purpose than for my class work.
Demographic Information
Please check only one answer for each of the following questions:
1. gender: ____male ____female
2. age:
____under 20
____21-40
____41-55
____ over 55
3. role:
(check only one)
____student
____work part-time
____work full-time
____retired
4. education: (check the highest level completed)
____high school
____community college
____4 year degree
____advanced degree
____technical/trade school
Questions: Using the following scale, please circle one number for each question.
1= never, 2=rarely, 3=sometimes, 4=often, 5=always
5. Have you ever called in sick to work and not really been sick?
6. Have you ever exaggerated on your income tax return?
7. Have you ever "made-up" an excuse for being late to work or for leaving early?
8. Have you ever invented a story to explain why your school work was not done by the assigned time?
9. Have you ever told a telephone sales person that "no one's home" or that "you just had your carpets cleaned"?
10. Have you ever said that your age is other than your real age?
11. Have you ever told someone who has paid you a complement on your clothing that you purchased it at a more prestigious store than you really did?
12. Have you ever told your children that you and your spouse, friend or significant other are NOT fighting, you are only having a discussion?
13. Have you ever made up something or made an excuse in order to avoid hurting another person's feelings?
14. Have you ever told someone you were sorry for their particular troubles and then thought to yourself, well, they got what they deserved?
The questions were based on a recent article in a local paper which posed the question "Would you lie on an ethics test?"
You can reply w/ yer answers or email me your answers to
Stealth3si@yahoo.com. Thanks i just need at least 3 or more.