Why Pew Research Center will display margins of error in some graphics
Showing margins of errors in graphics can help prevent readers from thinking that survey estimates are more precise than they really are.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Another way of understanding people’s sense of the news is to ask about their knowledge of current events. The survey asked five separate fact-based questions related to issues in the early days of the Biden administration, including the number of doses required for the available COVID-19 vaccines and the administration’s initial goals surrounding vaccine distribution. […]
On balance, many Americans sense that the early assessments of the Biden administration have been largely positive, and majorities say that the news coverage has been mostly accurate and fair. But when it comes to specific issue areas the administration has focused on, whether people have seen mostly positive, negative or mixed evaluations in the […]