About half of the Latino respondents chose to have the poll conducted in Spanish.

(Fifty-eight percent, or 94 respondents, chose the upset-because-of-Silber option.)

Forced choice item formats (ipsative testing) have been adopted which require respondents to choose between alternatives of equal social desirability.

The respondents then chose their favorites in Television, Movies and Music.

Here are the questions asked that respondents could only choose a response of Yes or No:

The dilemma here is of course that if informed consent were obtained from participants, respondents would likely choose not to cooperate.

Likewise, a respondent could dislike all the candidates but choose one perceived as the lesser evil.

If a default answer is provided, it may be mistaken as an answer if the respondent chooses to skip the question.

Numerous consulting firms conducted polling throughout the campaign, whereby respondents chose from a number of declared or potential first-round candidates.

In the 2006 census many respondents identified with multiple ethnicities while 11% chose simply to identify as "New Zealander".