Posted on 10/02/2014 10:13:12 PM PDT by iowamark
A survey measured the US public's awareness of certain news stories. What does it indicate about how knowledge of current affairs is shaped?
A Pew Research Center survey of 1,002 adults measured Americans' knowledge of key facts in the news - you can test yourself on the same 12 questions Pew asked the US public in this quiz.
Several questions were answered correctly by less than half the respondents, some by less than 30%.
While it's difficult to compare like with like, you might not necessarily expect citizens of other nations to answer equivalent questions correctly, either. But the study does offer an insight into how knowledge is disseminated.
For instance, the survey suggested that 73% could correctly identify the federal minimum wage as $7.25 (£4.49).
By contrast, says Carroll Doherty, director of political research at Pew, "When it comes to more detailed knowledge of foreign policy - when there's a question about Shias and Sunnis, for instance - it's something that doesn't get a lot of coverage in the American news media."...
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
You answered "Saudi Arabia"
The correct answer is "Iran"
Quizzes can be misleading. Reliability & validity are 2 basic factors that must be taken into account, apart from the actual qualitative & quantitative sample, quizzed.
Missed one....didn’t get the “poverty” number right, should have known that one. The rest was laughably simple. Found it interesting that the high point on the bell curve was 3 questions right. I’m sure the people representing the bulge in that curve would be plenty happy to call me ignorant, and stupid, and many other nasty names though.
a 3rd factor is ‘every changing conditions’, as we often live in fluid environments.
I answered 10 out of the 12 questions correctly - 92% (missed on percent of unemployment - I answered 9%, correct 6%; and percent of population of US below poverty level - I answered 25%, correct 15%), which puts me in the company of 4% of those who answered PEW questions!
All things I do not trust or believe anything Obunga's regime says about it.
Yeah I got 96% too... I missed the spending question... somehow thinking was a trick question that interest on national debt would beat out social security, by now...
What is the national unemployment rate as reported by the government currently closer to?
That will stump those who actually know the REAL numbers are much higher...
Same here.
i got one wrong ... I twas the unemployment rate and I believe my answer was right..6%, really?
In which of the following predominately Christian countries are there more Catholics than Protestants?
Austria; Germany.
I doubt that most Americans could correctly answer that question, either (even though a great many of those Americans probably have Austrian or German ancestry, and most of those Americans are either Catholic or Protestant, themselves).
My point: Why is it necessary (for most Americans) to distinguish between Shias and Sunnis?
Regards,
I answered “did you see Michelle Obamas new dress” for everyone of them
You answered "Saudi Arabia"
The correct answer is "Iran"
According to the site, 29% got that one right. 34% of guys and 24% of chicks.
Dismal, but better than 4%.
The interest rate on the national debt is historically low, and its duration is distressingly short.
Furriners like our paper. That could change ...
I got the same score because I missed the same question. There is no way that rate is 6%.
exactly the same here... lol I was thinking about the other numbers wondering if I was supposed to factor in benefits received or not. But your right I should have known.
I take these Pew things occasionally, generally score well.
On this one I got all 12 right. :)
I answered all 12 correctly.
Found the summary interesting, as it showed male, college grads 50 or older answered 10 of 12 at a higher rate than other demos. The two questions where other demos did better were the minimum wage and social security ones.
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