Misinterpreting the Pew International Survey: Yesterday's USA Today article on the Pew Survey of opinions in 20 nations began with this lead paragraph: As President Bush plunges into Middle East diplomacy, a survey of 20 nations and the Palestinian Authority shows widespread distrust of his leadership, skepticism in the region about his plan for peace and less regard for the United States around the world. This is, at the very best, misleadingly incomplete. Suppose a weatherman was reporting temperatures and had the following four daily highs (in Fahrenheit), 83, 75, 48, and 70. Would you think it a fair summary...
