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title: "Methodology"
description: "About the Pew Research Center’s Spring 2016 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews conducted under the direction of TNS BMRB. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. More details about our international survey methodology and country-specific sample designs are available on our website. For […]"
date: "2016-06-07"
authors:
  - name: "Bruce Stokes"
    job_title: "Former Director, Global Economic Attitudes"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/bruce-stokes/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/06/07/methodology-23/"
---

# Methodology

About the Pew Research Center’s Spring 2016 Global Attitudes Survey

Results for the survey are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews conducted under the direction of TNS BMRB. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. More details about our international survey methodology and country-specific sample designs are available on our [website](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/international-survey-methodology/?year_select=2016).

For more detailed information on survey methods for this report, see here: [https://www.pewresearch.org/global/international-survey-methodology/?year_select=2016](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/international-survey-methodology/?year_select=2016)

For more general information on international survey research, see here: [https://www.pewresearch.org/methodology/international-survey-research/](https://www.pewresearch.org/methodology/international-survey-research/)