leading question
Prompts desired answer
A leading question is one framed to suggest or encourage a particular answer.
Lawyers use them in cross-examination: Isn't it true you were at the bar that night?
The question contains the expected answer, nudging the respondent toward it.
In surveys and interviews, leading questions compromise data by biasing responses.
- promptIncite to action
- hintIndirect suggestion
- loaded questionInquiry containing hidden assumptions
- trick questionDeliberately misleading inquiry
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
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- rhetoricrhetoric, persuasion, oratory, argumentation, debate
- manipulationgaslighting, guilt tripping, blame-shifting, brainwashing, guilt trip
- manipulation tacticsgaslighting, guilt trip, guilt-tripping, guilt tripping, emotional blackmail
- trial tacticsobjection, cross-examination, opening statement, closing argument, jury selection
- courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
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Unambiguous inquiry seeking response
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