Title: Is the PEW Research Center biased? - Quora
Headings: Is the PEW Research Center biased?
Is the PEW Research Center biased?
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What is the significance of the Pew Research Center's worldwide survey of Muslims concerning their views about Sharia Law?

Content: About Pew Research Center
Because the Pew Research Center collects data and research from demographics, and opinions of its participants which cannot necessarily be externally validated with the exception of an inquiring entity asking the participants if their opinions were reflected accurately themselves. Likewise, because the Pew Research Center does not hold a particular position on topics, the institution does not hold motivation to skew research results in the interest of perpetuating their policies or positions on the topics on which they are reporting. They simply collect the data and report the results. Here’s an example, if you were a cashier at a store, you would solely be responsible for collecting the consumer’s money, putting it in the cash drawer, balancing the drawer at the end of your work day, then giving the cash drawer back to the store at the end of your shift. The store does not ask you to report on what people purchased and why they purchased them. And it would be likely you wouldn’t have asked the customer. This is similar to what the Pew Reseach Center does. You, as a cashier, simply collect the money ( Pew Research Center collects the data) and you give it to the store (Pew Research Center reports the results). In contrast, if you were a cashier and earned a commission for every piece of fruit sold, you would benefit from knowing how many pieces of fruit were sold, therefore you would have an interest in knowing what people were purchasing. You would have an incentive to collect the data on what people were buying, and depending upon your honesty, would be willing to distort the results of how many pieces of fruit consumers were purchasing.