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Abstract
One troublesome aspect of survey research is the large number of respondents who choose a neutral response on forced-choice questionnaires. Neglecting the high percentages of neutral responses on some environmental issues may distort the picture of respondents' attitudes toward the environment and compromise much valuable information on the issues. With the data from the 1991 British Columbia Assessment of Science (D. Bateson et al., 1991), canonical analysis of contingency tables was used to investigate the nature of neutral responses on 8 environmental issues. The findings showed that many neutral responses may not be truly neutral. The students' attitudes toward the 8 environmental issues also changed from Grades 6 to 10. Some areas of concern for environmental education are exposed, and their causes discussed.