Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Pew Research Center’s survey on international knowledge covers facts about global leaders, international institutions and geography, among other topics. The following criteria are used to evaluate how well the 12 items can be used as a scale or index of international knowledge more broadly: 1) the degree to which responses are internally consistent, 2) the […]
Identifying which group is the best fit for you involves comparing your answers to those from the typology groups defined using our national survey of 10,221 Americans (including 8,710 registered voters). See here for a methodological description of how we created the typology groups. For the 20 questions on the quiz used in defining the typology […]
Pew Research Center’s political typology provides a roadmap to today’s fractured political landscape. It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values. Even in a polarized era, the 2021 survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions.
The results of the survey suggest that there are many traits that are linked with levels of religious knowledge. These include demographic factors, such as age and education, as well as religious affiliation. But which of these traits are strongly connected with greater knowledge, and which are related only tangentially, if at all? This chapter […]
Before you read the report Test your religious knowledge by taking an interactive quiz. The short quiz includes some questions recently asked in the nationally representative survey that forms the basis of this report. After completing the quiz, you can see how you did in comparison with the general public and with people like yourself. […]