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Nice - although I have to wonder. It says "96% understand politics, vs 60% of non-homeschoolers". What would be the corresponding quotas for evolution theory?
by Tichy 13y ago
Nice - although I have to wonder. It says "96% understand politics, vs 60% of non-homeschoolers". What would be the corresponding quotas for evolution theory?
Also it would be good to have a comparison of pupils from similar socioeconomic backgrounds. Otherwise "homeschooler" might just be a proxy for well-off parents?
- kd0amg 13y agoIt says "96% understand politics, vs 60% of non-homeschoolers". What would be the corresponding quotas for evolution theory? Further down, the text version says, "Consider politics and government too complicated to understand (4.2% / 35%)." I'm not sure how much to trust self-assessment here, and that phrasing makes it sound like this isn't even as strong a result as the infographic claims ("that isn't too complicated to understand" does not imply "I myself understand it well").
- ericb 13y agoI agree. Self-report is fairly consistently a horrible measure in terms of accuracy across the board (this is a known problem in psychological testing). Even worse, any estimation of one's own competency is suspect considering how the Dunning Kruger effect would bias self-assessment estimates.