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We ran a survey experiment on religious tolerance in Australia to examine whether respondents’ answers capture a general distaste for religion rather than intolerance for particular religious groups.
We compared three different online survey methods in certain countries to see which one would most closely replicate our phone results.
In 2022, we experimented with a new question in cross-national surveys to capture the international equivalent of U.S. partisan “leaners.”
A look at current best practices in survey questionnaire translation and how Pew Research Center applies these approaches.
Pew Research Center recently sought to translate more than 11,000 open-ended survey responses into English.
To represent the views of Indians from a wide range of backgrounds, we fielded our largest-ever single-country survey outside the U.S.
Despite the caste system’s significance in India, there is no consensus on what proportion of Indians belong to each caste category.
Using a “bridge survey,” we simultaneously fielded identical questions and response options via both in-person and telephone interviews.
Regardless of mode or measure, most Americans have a negative view of China – and opinions have become more unfavorable in recent years.
In this analysis, we compare two different ways of asking telephone survey respondents in Europe about their ideology.
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