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I just took a goofy little political news awareness quiz from the Pew Research folks you hear a lot of polling results from these days. Apparently the average percentile score for ages 18-29 is only a 30% correct, while 30-49 year olds average score is only 48% correct, and 50+ year olds score best with an average of 56% correct.
I got 83% correct, so I guess I'm like a hundred and three. :1orglaugh
http://pewresearch.org/newsiq/
35%, not bad for someone completely alien to US polotics
I missed the casualty count in Iraq. Got 11 of 12. Those results are kind of scary in all age groups. I read the news, nothing more.Quote:
Originally Posted by ForrestBlack
hehe I got a 69.
8 out of 12, I pretty much missed all the ones of politicians names, and the other one I missed was the dow jones average.
Yeah, that's one of the two I got wrong as well, which I think is more of a statement about the quality of our media and the notion that they are being discouraged from reporting on our casualties these days, rather than my awareness.Quote:
Originally Posted by One Eyed Cat
True. I guessed over the actual amount, but it was a total shot in the dark. Answered 5 was 4. Would have surely missed the Dow except "CNN Money" was on while I was waiting for take-out.Quote:
Originally Posted by ForrestBlack
haha apathetic voter :P That's pretty decent actually. You have to love the horse race aspect of politics to remember who people like Reid are. He hasn't done much to warrant attention given his position.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morning Glory
48% and I totally guessed many of them.
I know little of PR's Politics, much less of USA's
What he said^ 48%Quote:
Originally Posted by Dishuman
35% here. Totally guessed my way through that one. Not sure why I even bothered, guess I'm bored. I hate politics.
Personally I'm sitting on a nice 97% correct - what can I say I pay attention to international politics.
Does that make me ancient?
76%.... wow I am above national average...
These stats are weird... I'm thinking about it and I can't figure out how some of these stats are arrived at with a 12 question test. If I got an 83%, that means I got 9.96 correct, But I actually got 10 correct. That seems odd.
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Originally Posted by ForrestBlack
It's been a long time since I took statistics for social science in school, but I think you just have to round off to get a percentage. 10 out of 12 would be .83333333333333333333333333333 to infinity.
I got a 76. I thought I was more aware than that. Embarrassed to say I miss the Dow Jones one. I knew Greenspan was retired, but I couldn't recall who replaced him. And I had a brain freeze on the Democratic National Committee question.
12 out of 12... 97%... that's mostly because until last year i was "property of the government" can't help knowing some of this stuff... now i don't really pay attention to the news, unless it's on BB or TMZ... (ok, maybe i read google news...)
59%. Better than American average.