Question

A newspaper conducted a survey in Los Angeles to see if the citizens were happy with the way the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was functioning. What is the best question to ask in such a survey?

Answer 1

Explanation:

A newspaper conducted a survey in Los Angeles to see if the citizens were happy with the way the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was functioning.

Here the matter of interest is about the satisfaction of the citizens with the way Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was functioning.

Hence a simple question such as

Are you satisfied with Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was functioning.

Answers : 1 2 3 4 5

Here boxes are provided for each number to tick

While 1 represents absolute happy, 2 more or less happy, 3 neutral, 4 is not happy, 5 is highly dissatisfied.

This question with 5 options would bring the required results in a nice manner

Answer 2

The best question the newspaper could ask as a part of the survey if the citizens in Los Angeles are happy with the way the Los Angeles Police Department is functioning would be:
"What do you think: Are the laws of the land maintained and enforced? "
If the answer yes, then the police is doing their job good and the citizens are satisfied.