IMO, survey results like that are often indicative of a bad survey question, or a survey question hunting for a desired outcome.
Often you'll see a question like: "Are you better, worse, or about average at doing multiple tasks at the same time?"
Writing the question that way is letting the person answering the question set the scope. Average of what? The general population? Quantum physicists? Secretaries? Nursing home residents? Peers?
In surveys like that, it's also good to give examples, so the respondent can gauge their own experiences against the survey scale; otherwise you are measuring their self-ranking on their own value scale, which hasn't been registered with the survey's scale.
Often you'll see a question like: "Are you better, worse, or about average at doing multiple tasks at the same time?"
Writing the question that way is letting the person answering the question set the scope. Average of what? The general population? Quantum physicists? Secretaries? Nursing home residents? Peers?