Title: Are the Pew Research Center's surveys a reliable source? - Quora
Headings: Are the Pew Research Center's surveys a reliable source?
Are the Pew Research Center's surveys a reliable source?
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Nikola Arizanović
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Content: This organization is fully committed to using the highest quality, evidence-based research methodologies for its surveys and it does not express an opinion concerning the findings that emerge from its data analysis. While the Pew Research Center concedes that response rates to all public opinion surveys have been generally declining over the past several years, it also emphasizes that this decline has not significantly affected the error rate of its surveys. Moreover, the relatively large sample sizes that are routinely used by the Pew Research Center help to promote the trustworthiness of the results that emerge from their research. Kriss Fearon
, PhD Sociology, MA in social research methods
Answered 3 years ago · Author has 3K answers and 2.3M answer views
Originally Answered: Is the Pew Research Center a reliable source of information? It’s pretty usual for interest groups to fund polls on topics that are of interest to them. You might, for example, find pro-life organisations funding opinion polls on abortion. It’s important for them to be able to point to research that’s conducted by a reputable agency which produces findings that are valid and reliable. If you look at the qualifications of the research staff, they all seem very well qualified to be doing that work. The funding source itself shouldn’t make a difference.