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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 and Princeton Survey Research Associates International. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. More details about our international survey methodology and country-specific sample designs […]"
date: "2016-06-13"
authors:
  - name: "Bruce Stokes"
    job_title: "Former Director, Global Economic Attitudes"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/bruce-stokes/"
  - name: "Richard Wike"
    job_title: "Director, Global Attitudes Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/richard-wike/"
  - name: "Jacob Poushter"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jacob-poushter/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/06/13/methodology-24/"
---

# 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 and Princeton Survey Research Associates International. 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/)