The question "did X go up during Reagan's term?" is probably correctly answered "yes," at the same time "did X go down during Reagan's term" is correctly answer

The question "did X go up during Reagan's term?" is probably correctly answered "yes," at the same time "did X go down during Reagan's term" is correctly answered "yes." Because some things move both up and down, and the question isn't explicit that it is asking about the overall trend. EDIT: said the opposite of what I meant to say