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I don't agree, actually. Legolas Send a noteboard - 11/12/2009 10:34:36 AM
Well, I agree about the selection bias, but not that the questions are easier. Although the fact that 91% of adults got the first question right, by far the best result of any question, while I had no clue and Floffe wasn't sure hints at a particularly American phenomenon there. That was one of the two I got wrong.
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Test Your Political IQ..... trzaska2000 - 11/12/2009 12:49:31 AM 1103 Views
Me Too! MightyYT - 11/12/2009 12:58:33 AM 515 Views
Pretty amazing that only 2% of respondents got all 12 questions right..... trzaska2000 - 11/12/2009 01:09:09 AM 483 Views
Because we're politically obsessive? Isaac - 11/12/2009 03:58:28 AM 535 Views
Only 24% of people understand what cap and trade is. Roland00 - 11/12/2009 04:09:36 AM 473 Views
Which is fairly disturbing Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:21:52 AM 500 Views
science is more interesting than your silly politics *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 04:28:24 AM 280 Views
12 out of 12 Roland00 - 11/12/2009 01:03:08 AM 461 Views
I missed most of the people LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 01:04:00 AM 500 Views
Re: I know! *NM* Danae al'Thor - 15/12/2009 07:56:03 AM 322 Views
9 out of 12 Colonel Logain - 11/12/2009 01:22:00 AM 539 Views
9 of 12 *NM* Hieshyn - 11/12/2009 01:40:35 AM 280 Views
8 of 12. (names and numbers have never been my thing) *NM* Jonielle - 11/12/2009 02:19:37 AM 280 Views
12/12. Of course, I'd probably do worse if it weren't current events. *NM* Burr - 11/12/2009 02:35:30 AM 240 Views
12/12 That was easy. *NM* The Shrike - 11/12/2009 02:42:16 AM 251 Views
There's also a science one, on the same site Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:13:05 AM 893 Views
only missed the one about mars LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 04:27:22 AM 565 Views
It wasn't a great question Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:52:23 AM 526 Views
i hate questions like that. I need to get used to them LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 05:02:39 AM 506 Views
Suh-weet. Got 'em all. nossy - 11/12/2009 05:05:44 AM 436 Views
Was unsure of the first one, the rest were easy Floffe - 11/12/2009 06:56:21 AM 505 Views
12. I think the selection bias would be stronger on this one. Also, they're much easier questions. *NM* Ghavrel - 11/12/2009 08:07:50 AM 289 Views
I don't agree, actually. Legolas - 11/12/2009 10:34:36 AM 461 Views
It was a lot easier due to not having more than one america specific question. *NM* jh - 11/12/2009 11:23:41 AM 256 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Inigo Montoya - 11/12/2009 12:11:06 PM 270 Views
Perfect 12 *NM* Hieshyn - 11/12/2009 01:08:26 PM 274 Views
12 for 12 again! Me smart! Are there any others we can take? *NM* trzaska2000 - 12/12/2009 05:07:56 AM 275 Views
11. Didn't know DOW, surprise, surprise. *NM* nossy - 11/12/2009 05:02:49 AM 270 Views
Me too. Either. Whatever. Capitalist scum can keep their meaningless statistics *NM* Cannoli - 11/12/2009 04:52:44 PM 288 Views
Like it or not, that number is all too meaningful for every American. And non-Americans, too. *NM* Vodalus - 11/12/2009 05:01:57 PM 279 Views
actually, that number is pretty damn meaningless for the average american moondog - 11/12/2009 05:24:07 PM 461 Views
You're dead wrong. That number influences all sorts of things that affect people, whether... Vodalus - 11/12/2009 05:32:01 PM 511 Views
Influential, yes. Readily known and called to mind, not so much. nossy - 11/12/2009 06:33:19 PM 481 Views
I think it's a good example of how demographics can have an unexpected bias Isaac - 11/12/2009 07:28:07 PM 547 Views
Eh? No mention of newspapers? Am I alone in getting most of my news by reading an actual... Vodalus - 11/12/2009 08:06:26 PM 485 Views
*raises hand* Legolas - 11/12/2009 08:38:48 PM 546 Views
Thank goodness. Vodalus - 11/12/2009 11:13:06 PM 571 Views
Same as nossy ^ *NM* Floffe - 11/12/2009 06:57:01 AM 264 Views
9. I haven't been paying attention to recent events. Two of them were statistics, unsurprisingly. *NM* Ghavrel - 11/12/2009 08:06:15 AM 265 Views
11 - hesitated on the Afghanistan question and then picked the wrong one. Legolas - 11/12/2009 10:37:21 AM 535 Views
6, and above average. Not bad for an Aussie with no interest in American politics. rAndy aL - 11/12/2009 10:41:57 AM 518 Views
12 on the politics, 11 on the science. Stupid antibiotics *NM* Inigo Montoya - 11/12/2009 12:11:53 PM 291 Views
12/12. Though, I did guess on a couple. *NM* Kaldric - 11/12/2009 01:47:48 PM 271 Views
12/12. It's scary that 98% of people can't get it right. Tom - 11/12/2009 01:53:19 PM 476 Views
Perhaps... jh - 11/12/2009 04:35:01 PM 555 Views
5% of the replies here. I doubt 5% of the replies at that site are from non-Americans. Tom - 11/12/2009 05:21:44 PM 504 Views
Eh, likely a lot more here. The 5% was for that site. *NM* jh - 12/12/2009 02:01:58 PM 313 Views
Who knows, it was a phone survey anyway Isaac - 12/12/2009 02:28:25 PM 545 Views
10/ 12 snoopcester - 11/12/2009 02:00:05 PM 446 Views
10 correct. Danu - 11/12/2009 02:15:30 PM 469 Views
11/12, top 93%. Mad Cow Bomber - 11/12/2009 02:38:36 PM 588 Views
Yeah, that's true. *NM* Legolas - 11/12/2009 03:35:14 PM 234 Views
11/12 - I didn't give the official, read bullshit, number for unemployment. *NM* Vodalus - 11/12/2009 04:57:44 PM 248 Views
12/12 politics and science *NM* moondog - 11/12/2009 05:24:37 PM 278 Views
12 of 12, but besides the geography question, people should know those answers through osmosis. Palatine - 11/12/2009 05:45:43 PM 451 Views
11/12, didn't know the Dow jones *NM* AliasRY - 11/12/2009 06:24:54 PM 250 Views
12/12 , im not surprised that alot of us got them all right, we are a pretty political group *NM* Aisha - 13/12/2009 02:29:14 AM 264 Views
Re: Only 6. Danae al'Thor - 15/12/2009 07:54:35 AM 451 Views
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