An index composed of questions to measure knowledge of poverty related public policies would be unreliable if respondents' answers to each question were totally ______ of their answers to the others.

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An index would be unreliable if respondents' answers to each question were totally independent of their answers to the others, as this would suggest a lack of coherent understanding or connection between the questions, undermining the index's ability to measure knowledge accurately.

An Index Composed of Questions to Measure Knowledge of Poverty