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Who knows, it was a phone survey anyway Isaac Send a noteboard - 12/12/2009 02:28:25 PM
I don't expect the non-Americans here to score perfectly, which makes our proportion of perfect scores all the more impressive. Once again, we is smrt.


That body of data for comparison is simply based of a random sample of americans answering over the phone, not people taking it on the web, which of course is sort of necessary since people can't leap to wikipedia over the phone. I very much doubt they are collecting data for analysis off of web hits, since right from the get go, not including the wiki-cheater option, anyone who ends up at Pew is probably not likely to represent a clean demographic slice, anymore than if the quiz were at the RNC or DNC websites.

This should actually represent the same sort of slice you get with a Leno man on the street bit, so the scores aren't too bad.
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Me Too! MightyYT - 11/12/2009 12:58:33 AM 690 Views
Pretty amazing that only 2% of respondents got all 12 questions right..... trzaska2000 - 11/12/2009 01:09:09 AM 651 Views
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Which is fairly disturbing Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:21:52 AM 665 Views
science is more interesting than your silly politics *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 04:28:24 AM 354 Views
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8 of 12. (names and numbers have never been my thing) *NM* Jonielle - 11/12/2009 02:19:37 AM 359 Views
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12/12 That was easy. *NM* The Shrike - 11/12/2009 02:42:16 AM 326 Views
There's also a science one, on the same site Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:13:05 AM 1074 Views
only missed the one about mars LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 04:27:22 AM 725 Views
It wasn't a great question Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:52:23 AM 689 Views
i hate questions like that. I need to get used to them LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 05:02:39 AM 669 Views
Suh-weet. Got 'em all. nossy - 11/12/2009 05:05:44 AM 607 Views
Was unsure of the first one, the rest were easy Floffe - 11/12/2009 06:56:21 AM 673 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 354 Views
I don't agree, actually. Legolas - 11/12/2009 10:34:36 AM 632 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 325 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Inigo Montoya - 11/12/2009 12:11:06 PM 352 Views
Perfect 12 *NM* Hieshyn - 11/12/2009 01:08:26 PM 342 Views
12 for 12 again! Me smart! Are there any others we can take? *NM* trzaska2000 - 12/12/2009 05:07:56 AM 375 Views
11. Didn't know DOW, surprise, surprise. *NM* nossy - 11/12/2009 05:02:49 AM 346 Views
Me too. Either. Whatever. Capitalist scum can keep their meaningless statistics *NM* Cannoli - 11/12/2009 04:52:44 PM 352 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 356 Views
actually, that number is pretty damn meaningless for the average american moondog - 11/12/2009 05:24:07 PM 621 Views
You're dead wrong. That number influences all sorts of things that affect people, whether... Vodalus - 11/12/2009 05:32:01 PM 684 Views
Influential, yes. Readily known and called to mind, not so much. nossy - 11/12/2009 06:33:19 PM 658 Views
I think it's a good example of how demographics can have an unexpected bias Isaac - 11/12/2009 07:28:07 PM 728 Views
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*raises hand* Legolas - 11/12/2009 08:38:48 PM 727 Views
Thank goodness. Vodalus - 11/12/2009 11:13:06 PM 758 Views
Same as nossy ^ *NM* Floffe - 11/12/2009 06:57:01 AM 338 Views
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12 on the politics, 11 on the science. Stupid antibiotics *NM* Inigo Montoya - 11/12/2009 12:11:53 PM 365 Views
12/12. Though, I did guess on a couple. *NM* Kaldric - 11/12/2009 01:47:48 PM 345 Views
12/12. It's scary that 98% of people can't get it right. Tom - 11/12/2009 01:53:19 PM 654 Views
Perhaps... jh - 11/12/2009 04:35:01 PM 734 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 673 Views
Eh, likely a lot more here. The 5% was for that site. *NM* jh - 12/12/2009 02:01:58 PM 387 Views
Who knows, it was a phone survey anyway Isaac - 12/12/2009 02:28:25 PM 710 Views
10/ 12 snoopcester - 11/12/2009 02:00:05 PM 610 Views
10 correct. Danu - 11/12/2009 02:15:30 PM 643 Views
11/12, top 93%. Mad Cow Bomber - 11/12/2009 02:38:36 PM 827 Views
Yeah, that's true. *NM* Legolas - 11/12/2009 03:35:14 PM 312 Views
11/12 - I didn't give the official, read bullshit, number for unemployment. *NM* Vodalus - 11/12/2009 04:57:44 PM 318 Views
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12 of 12, but besides the geography question, people should know those answers through osmosis. Palatine - 11/12/2009 05:45:43 PM 624 Views
11/12, didn't know the Dow jones *NM* AliasRY - 11/12/2009 06:24:54 PM 315 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 332 Views
Re: Only 6. Danae al'Thor - 15/12/2009 07:54:35 AM 634 Views
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