Jenny recently learned of plans to cut down an old beautiful tree on her campus to make way for a new bike path. jenny is opposed to cutting down the tree, and she decides to survey some students at her university to see if others also oppose cutting down the tree. she plans to share the results of her survey with the school administration to argue to keep the tree. one question on jenny’s survey asks, "would you be in favor of brutally cutting down this majestic tree to make way for a stupid bike path? " how could this question be changed to improve its construct validity?
a. change the wording so that it is positively worded, not a double-negative
b. split the question into two so that it is not double-barreled
c. add another option such as "or would you favor leaving the poor tree alone" to make the question forced-choice
d. use more neutral language so that it is not a leading question

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?