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The Pew Religious Knowledge Quiz

April 8, 2022August 1, 2019 by Dave
religious knowledge

On the surface this might appear to be a posting that is simply reporting the results of the latest Pew survey of Religious Knowledge. It is not. Instead I am using the insights gained from it to point out a few rather fascinating details. The latest Pew Quiz Published on 23rd July 2019, pew published … Read more

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How many believe in Creationism?

July 30, 2019 by Dave
Creationism

Gallop have published the results of their regular poll that explores belief in Creationism. From this we learn that 40% of U.S. adults ascribe to a strictly creationist view of human origins, believing that God created them in their present form within roughly the past 10,000 years. Let’s take a look at the details they … Read more

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Poll: Decline of US confidence in Religion continues

July 16, 2019 by Dave
decline of religion in US

The news comes via the publication of the latest Gallup poll. The title of their release is “U.S. Confidence in Organized Religion Remains Low“, but dive in and you find that this is a bit of a misleading title. It has actually declined even further. It has not simply remained low, but has continued to … Read more

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British Social Attitudes 36 Published

September 14, 2019July 12, 2019 by Dave
British Social Attitudes

Once a year the British Social Attitudes data is released. The 2019 issue has been published and is now available. What does it tell us?

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News consumption: What are the latest trends?

October 27, 2020June 15, 2019 by Dave
fake news

The new 2019 Digital News Report contains vast amounts of detail. It is global in scope and highlights the latest trends.

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Bias: ‘Arabic Numerals’ Should not be Taught in School

March 22, 2021May 22, 2019 by Dave
bias

Is the poll that supposedly finds bias concerning arabic numerials a meaningful measurement of anything at all, or does it grossly mislead?

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