The first time the question "Why have there been no great women artists?" was thoroughly asked and answered was in 1973 and the questioner was the academic Linda Nochlin.
On the level of the mysterious, the identity of the questioner is tied to the question and, therefore, the questioner is not interchangeable.
Gallup's field-work consists of hour-long interviews in which the questioner is usually the same sex and nationality as the respondent.
But KEVIN COSTNER flew to New York from California for a Monday-night taping of the cable series "Inside the Actors Studio," on which the questioner is JAMES LIPTON, the dean of the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University.
The questioner is staying within the spirit of the discussion and asking, essentially, "Are we thinking big enough?" That is a worthwhile question.
Typically one asks a question to obtain information, so the questioner is K2, and the answerer K1.
Open-ended questions indicate the questioner is interested in listening to the questionee's response.
When the question "Are you happy?" is posed, it is not as offhand as it sounds, because the questioner is obviously hoping the answer is no.
The English version of the questioner is added in Additional file 2. The appropriateness of the instrument was measured through a pre-testing exercise, and the constraining factors were rectified.
Is this deliberate?" The questioner is loudly applauded.
