Summarizing our 5 [tentative] questions thus far

I agree with Yang. We should give respondents an idea of how relative 240,000-265,000 immigrants is, rather than just an absolute value. Unless we only ask other poli sci students (which wouldn't be a random sample and a pretty bad idea), we shouldn't make any assumptions on how familiar respondents are with Canada's population and immigration process. I think if we give them the percentage of the Cdn population, then it will lower the chances their answers are completely arbitrary. According to the Stats Canada website, as of October 2010, Canada's estimated population was: 34,238,035. So what does everyone think about rephrasing question to:

Currently, Canada accepts 240,000-265,000 immigrants each year, which is approximately 0.70-0.77% of the Canadian population. Is this number: Answers: 1.Too high 2.Too low 3.About right