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I think it's a good example of how demographics can have an unexpected bias Isaac Send a noteboard - 11/12/2009 07:28:07 PM
Maybe I should know and follow it, but I rarely do. *shrug*


Take the DOW, I'm a sufficient news junkie I'd probably know it anyway, but anyone who's a big talk radio fan is going to hear it all the time, almost every hour break on a news talk station is going to have a 'and the dow up 14 points at 10559, NasDaq down 5 points...' etc. whereas on TV news or web news it tends to just flick up on the screen without commentary, so that generally speaking people who listen to radio are probably going to hear that figure announced many times a week, and as the bulk of newstalk radio listeners tend to be right-wing, they might be more likely to get that question, but then might score lower on the Israel-Iran one just because they get more news on the radio, whereas almost everytime the TV news mentions Iran, Iraq, or Israel they tend to flick a map up on the screen.

So, maybe not a big factor, but a great demonstration I think of the sort of unanticipated shifts you might get in a chunk of data without blatant correlation like you might expect on the Iran-Israel question for people of Jewish or Arab backgrounds.
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Test Your Political IQ..... trzaska2000 - 11/12/2009 12:49:31 AM 1201 Views
Me Too! MightyYT - 11/12/2009 12:58:33 AM 631 Views
Pretty amazing that only 2% of respondents got all 12 questions right..... trzaska2000 - 11/12/2009 01:09:09 AM 586 Views
Because we're politically obsessive? Isaac - 11/12/2009 03:58:28 AM 639 Views
Only 24% of people understand what cap and trade is. Roland00 - 11/12/2009 04:09:36 AM 589 Views
Which is fairly disturbing Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:21:52 AM 600 Views
science is more interesting than your silly politics *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 04:28:24 AM 321 Views
12 out of 12 Roland00 - 11/12/2009 01:03:08 AM 574 Views
I missed most of the people LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 01:04:00 AM 596 Views
Re: I know! *NM* Danae al'Thor - 15/12/2009 07:56:03 AM 362 Views
9 out of 12 Colonel Logain - 11/12/2009 01:22:00 AM 642 Views
9 of 12 *NM* Hieshyn - 11/12/2009 01:40:35 AM 326 Views
8 of 12. (names and numbers have never been my thing) *NM* Jonielle - 11/12/2009 02:19:37 AM 325 Views
12/12. Of course, I'd probably do worse if it weren't current events. *NM* Burr - 11/12/2009 02:35:30 AM 281 Views
12/12 That was easy. *NM* The Shrike - 11/12/2009 02:42:16 AM 294 Views
There's also a science one, on the same site Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:13:05 AM 1003 Views
only missed the one about mars LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 04:27:22 AM 663 Views
It wasn't a great question Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:52:23 AM 626 Views
i hate questions like that. I need to get used to them LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 05:02:39 AM 600 Views
Suh-weet. Got 'em all. nossy - 11/12/2009 05:05:44 AM 539 Views
Was unsure of the first one, the rest were easy Floffe - 11/12/2009 06:56:21 AM 606 Views
12. I think the selection bias would be stronger on this one. Also, they're much easier questions. *NM* Ghavrel - 11/12/2009 08:07:50 AM 325 Views
I don't agree, actually. Legolas - 11/12/2009 10:34:36 AM 565 Views
It was a lot easier due to not having more than one america specific question. *NM* jh - 11/12/2009 11:23:41 AM 295 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Inigo Montoya - 11/12/2009 12:11:06 PM 316 Views
Perfect 12 *NM* Hieshyn - 11/12/2009 01:08:26 PM 311 Views
12 for 12 again! Me smart! Are there any others we can take? *NM* trzaska2000 - 12/12/2009 05:07:56 AM 343 Views
11. Didn't know DOW, surprise, surprise. *NM* nossy - 11/12/2009 05:02:49 AM 311 Views
Me too. Either. Whatever. Capitalist scum can keep their meaningless statistics *NM* Cannoli - 11/12/2009 04:52:44 PM 321 Views
Like it or not, that number is all too meaningful for every American. And non-Americans, too. *NM* Vodalus - 11/12/2009 05:01:57 PM 324 Views
actually, that number is pretty damn meaningless for the average american moondog - 11/12/2009 05:24:07 PM 560 Views
You're dead wrong. That number influences all sorts of things that affect people, whether... Vodalus - 11/12/2009 05:32:01 PM 619 Views
Influential, yes. Readily known and called to mind, not so much. nossy - 11/12/2009 06:33:19 PM 587 Views
I think it's a good example of how demographics can have an unexpected bias Isaac - 11/12/2009 07:28:07 PM 655 Views
Eh? No mention of newspapers? Am I alone in getting most of my news by reading an actual... Vodalus - 11/12/2009 08:06:26 PM 599 Views
*raises hand* Legolas - 11/12/2009 08:38:48 PM 647 Views
Thank goodness. Vodalus - 11/12/2009 11:13:06 PM 678 Views
Same as nossy ^ *NM* Floffe - 11/12/2009 06:57:01 AM 304 Views
9. I haven't been paying attention to recent events. Two of them were statistics, unsurprisingly. *NM* Ghavrel - 11/12/2009 08:06:15 AM 308 Views
11 - hesitated on the Afghanistan question and then picked the wrong one. Legolas - 11/12/2009 10:37:21 AM 645 Views
6, and above average. Not bad for an Aussie with no interest in American politics. rAndy aL - 11/12/2009 10:41:57 AM 629 Views
12 on the politics, 11 on the science. Stupid antibiotics *NM* Inigo Montoya - 11/12/2009 12:11:53 PM 332 Views
12/12. Though, I did guess on a couple. *NM* Kaldric - 11/12/2009 01:47:48 PM 312 Views
12/12. It's scary that 98% of people can't get it right. Tom - 11/12/2009 01:53:19 PM 590 Views
Perhaps... jh - 11/12/2009 04:35:01 PM 667 Views
5% of the replies here. I doubt 5% of the replies at that site are from non-Americans. Tom - 11/12/2009 05:21:44 PM 610 Views
Eh, likely a lot more here. The 5% was for that site. *NM* jh - 12/12/2009 02:01:58 PM 357 Views
Who knows, it was a phone survey anyway Isaac - 12/12/2009 02:28:25 PM 637 Views
10/ 12 snoopcester - 11/12/2009 02:00:05 PM 548 Views
10 correct. Danu - 11/12/2009 02:15:30 PM 571 Views
11/12, top 93%. Mad Cow Bomber - 11/12/2009 02:38:36 PM 760 Views
Yeah, that's true. *NM* Legolas - 11/12/2009 03:35:14 PM 280 Views
11/12 - I didn't give the official, read bullshit, number for unemployment. *NM* Vodalus - 11/12/2009 04:57:44 PM 290 Views
12/12 politics and science *NM* moondog - 11/12/2009 05:24:37 PM 316 Views
12 of 12, but besides the geography question, people should know those answers through osmosis. Palatine - 11/12/2009 05:45:43 PM 557 Views
11/12, didn't know the Dow jones *NM* AliasRY - 11/12/2009 06:24:54 PM 285 Views
12/12 , im not surprised that alot of us got them all right, we are a pretty political group *NM* Aisha - 13/12/2009 02:29:14 AM 300 Views
Re: Only 6. Danae al'Thor - 15/12/2009 07:54:35 AM 549 Views
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