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    Methodology

    The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. Panelists participate via self-administered web surveys. Panelists who do not have internet access at home are provided with a tablet and wireless internet connection. Interviews are conducted in […]

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    Experiences with estate planning and discussing end-of-life preferences

    As part of our survey aimed at understanding how Americans are thinking about and experiencing aging, we asked U.S. adults some questions to learn: The survey of 8,750 U.S. adults was conducted Sept. 2-8, 2025. Read key findings from the full study. Who has done estate planning About three-in-ten U.S. adults say they have created: […]

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    4. High engagement with COVID-19 news among Hispanic adults

    The coronavirus outbreak and the development of COVID-19 vaccines have placed science news in the spotlight. Hispanic Americans report broad engagement with coronavirus news and information and smaller shares have engaged with science news generally. Nearly half of Hispanic adults (47%) say, when the survey was fielded in December 2021, they were talking about the […]

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    2. Assessing the accuracy of estimates among demographic subgroups

    The accuracy of general population estimates is only one facet of data quality for online samples. Frequently, survey researchers also want to understand the similarities and differences between subgroups within the population. For probability-based panels recruited using ABS, obtaining a sufficiently large sample of respondents belonging to small subgroups can be particularly costly, and one […]

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    Comparing Two Types of Online Survey Samples

    Pew Research Center conducted a study to compare the accuracy of six online surveys of U.S. adults – three from probability-based panels and three from opt-in sources. On average, the absolute error on opt-in samples was about twice that of probability-based panels.

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    1. Views on discrimination in our society

    Large shares of Americans say there is at least some discrimination against several religious, racial and ethnic groups in our society. About eight-in-ten see discrimination against Muslims and Jews, as well as against Arab, Black and Hispanic people. Three-quarters also see at least some discrimination against Asian people. Half or fewer see at least some […]

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