Originally Posted By Mr X Interesting that the three questions that get the lowest correct percentages (under 16% get them right), one is a foreign thing about Cameron and that's understandable because he hasn't really done much to get his face into international news (I'd be willing to bet most Japanese don't know who the heck he is either). But the other two, the inflation question and the TARP question, are the sorts of questions that one might get all sorts of answers on depending on their news source. And as Dabob pointed out, these are the kinds of things that people "know" but don't really believe, or don't want to believe, or whatever. Anyway, just thought it was interesting.
Originally Posted By leobloom What's the point of a quiz like this? It's not much better than being asked about dates and names in history class.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< What's the point of a quiz like this? It's not much better than being asked about dates and names in history class. >>> True about some of the questions, but not others. Many people have their political philosophy, and as a result base how they vote on totally incorrect sets of facts. The inflation question is a big one that most people got wrong, and a great many people have based their views on what should be done to the economy based on the notion of "high inflation."
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<What's the point of a quiz like this? It's not much better than being asked about dates and names in history class.>> Yea... you're right. The only really important thing is whether DL's or WDW's Pirates is better. ;-)
Originally Posted By ecdc >>I'm glad we are all so much more intelligent and informed than the dirty general public.<< Right. By all means let's feel bad about being informed and educated. Or at best pretend like it doesn't really matter either way.
Originally Posted By tiggertoo 12 for 12. I sort of guessed on the Google OS though. Don't own a Blackberry or PDAs. No need. My Franklin planner does just fine, thank you very much.
Originally Posted By tiggertoo <<...it is kind of disconcerting that so many people DO seem uninformed.>> The picture becomes even more bleak when comparing these numbers beside those of other first world nations, particularly in Europe. There was a study published in Political Science Quarterly (I believe that was the journal) to this effect, showing British voter knowledge far superior to American voter knowledge. The disparity of astonishingly stark. I'll try to find the reference.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones 10 out of 12. I confused the TARP bailout with the GM bailout and I guess I am stupid about the federal budget. It says in my score breakdown that I got 12 wrong but Android is Google's smartphone OS and that's what I put. Anybody else see that?
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones We like to bash stereotypes but the Pew tests, which I follow from time to time, seem to reinforce some basic ones. Young people were more likely to know what Android actually is. Males were also more likely to know what it is as men are more interesting in electronics than women. On every single question, the more education acquired, the better the performance. Males are also generally more informed than women, as evidenced by their superior performance on every single question. While the old folks got the Android question wrong, big deal, they were more informed about 10 of the 12 questions. They did less well on question 11, and I suspect many answer Medicaid. Pointing out stereotypes, even the most obvious ones, is controversial enough. Explaining them is downright dangerous.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***It says in my score breakdown that I got 12 wrong but Android is Google's smartphone OS and that's what I put. Anybody else see that?*** Same for me. Just a glitch.
Originally Posted By Labuda "On every single question, the more education acquired, the better the performance." Not a shock. I got 11/12. I missed the one on TARP.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <What's the point of a quiz like this? It's not much better than being asked about dates and names in history class.> Yeah - God forbid you should know history. -Dabob2 (History major)
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I got 11/12. I missed the one on TARP. >>> Same here. I was hovering between the correct answer and the one I ended up choosing. Interesting all around.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I got 10 out of 12. Missed the inflation rate, and the TARP bailout. I thought I read that it had been paid back, but I must be wrong about that. Oh, and why did they ask about Android? It seemed like such a non-sequitur question...
