1. People should be hired based solely upon their abilities to successfully
perform the job. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 2. As a
result of affirmative action programs, individuals of minority groups realize that they
will be given a job, entrance to a university and generally easier treatment throughout
life. Do you believe that this assurance causes individuals of these minority groups
to work less hard and worry less about their performance? |
Yes
No |
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| 3. Hiring
quotas that require employee groups be proportional to those in the general population do
not allow for excellence of any one group. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 4. If I were
ill, I would select my doctor based upon a minority hiring quota system similar
to those used by the human resources departments of many companies. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 5. I want to
get my job based upon my abilities to be successful on that job. |
Agree
Disagree |
|
| 6. I want to
get my job based upon my membership in an ethnic group. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 7. I want to
get my job based upon my membership in a country club. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 8. The United
States is different today thanks to 30 years of affirmative action policies.
I believe the USA is: |
Better
About the same
Worse |
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| 9. The Bulls
basketball team is 100% men over-6-feet-tall. This does not reflect the diversity of
the US population. The Bulls should be made to put a fair representation of
under-6-foot-tall men on their team. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 10. Although
things have changed for the better in the United States, affirmative action policies are
still necessary. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 11. The
success of affirmative action programs is beginning to create a backlash. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 12. Do you
believe job promotions should be judged as on football, baseball and basketball teams: by
on the job performance? |
Yes
No |
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| 13. Do you
believe job promotions should be based primarily upon ethnicity and race or upon merit and
competence? |
Ethnicity &
race
Merit & competence |
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| 14. If you own
a business or are in management, do you want the government overseeing your hiring and
firing? |
Yes
No |
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| 15. Are you
tired of people whining about how "unfair" life in America is to their
particular sub-group? |
Yes
No |
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| 16. Are you
fed up with having to succeed on your own, but witnessing excuses being made for others
when they fail to succeed on their own and get handouts, extra points, and extra
assistance? |
Yes
No
No, I'm a weakling and don't mind |
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| 17. I am: |
Female
Male |
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| 18. My age group
is: |
Under 20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70
& older |