--- 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 Princeton Survey Research Associates International and TNS BMRB. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. More details about our international survey methodology and country-specific sample designs […]" date: "2016-07-11" authors: - name: "Richard Wike" job_title: "Director, Global Attitudes Research" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/richard-wike/" - name: "Bruce Stokes" job_title: "Former Director, Global Economic Attitudes" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/bruce-stokes/" - name: "Katie Simmons" job_title: "Former Associate Director, Research" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/katie-simmons/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/07/11/methodology-27/" --- # 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 Princeton Survey Research Associates International and 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/) --- **Next:** [Appendix A](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/07/11/appendix-a-5.md)