Survey Results

A priori knowledge: no or yes?


1749 respondents
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What the percentages mean: "Accept or lean toward P: 50% (40%)" means that 50% of respondents endorsed this answer inclusively (including multiple-answer endorsements) and 40% endorsed this answer exclusively (excluding multiple-answer endorsements).

These results should not be used for comparison to 2009 results due to different populations and parameters. For meaningful longitudinal comparisons, see the longitudinal analysis section.

Accept or lean towards:
yes
72.84% (72.67%)
Reject or lean against:
yes
0.06% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
no
18.47% (18.30%)
Reject or lean against:
no
0.06% (0.00%)
Accept a combination of views
0.34%
Accept an alternative view
1.49%
The question is too unclear to answer
3.43%
There is no fact of the matter
0.40%
Agnostic/undecided
3.03%
Other
0.34%
N = 1749, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (36 respondents)
Alternative Views

34 target respondents indicated that they accept or lean toward an alternative view. The words used in their responses cluster as follows. These results are not filtered by AOS, region, etc.

  • DEPE (4): depends (4)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

Geographic filters do not apply to this section.
Option 2009 2020 Change Swing
Option
Accept or lean towards: yes 71.11% 74.85%  3.74  4.26
2009 71.11%
2020 74.85%
Change  3.74
Swing  4.26
Accept or lean towards: no 18.37% 13.58%  4.79 -4.26
2009 18.37%
2020 13.58%
Change  4.79
Swing -4.26
Accept a combination of views 1.72% 0.15%  1.57
2009 1.72%
2020 0.15%
Change  1.57
Accept an alternative view 0.86% 0.77%  0.09
2009 0.86%
2020 0.77%
Change  0.09
The question is too unclear to answer 4.62% 4.63%  0.01
2009 4.62%
2020 4.63%
Change  0.01
There is no fact of the matter 0.32% 0.15%  0.17
2009 0.32%
2020 0.15%
Change  0.17
Insufficiently familiar with the issue 0.64% 1.54%  0.90
2009 0.64%
2020 1.54%
Change  0.90
Agnostic/undecided 1.61% 3.09%  1.48
2009 1.61%
2020 3.09%
Change  1.48
Skipped 0.54% 0.93%  0.39
2009 0.54%
2020 0.93%
Change  0.39
Other 0.21% 0.31%  0.10
2009 0.21%
2020 0.31%
Change  0.10
N (2020) = 648
N (2009) = 931
Weighted values
Option 2009 2020 Change
Yes 74.88 72.18 2.70
No 21.26 23.52 2.26

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.5
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 930 257
Reject 95 242
n: 1524
p < 0.0001
r: -0.36
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 463 497
Reject 250 48
n: 1258
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 708 473
Reject 110 242
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 560 512
Reject 59 248
n: 1379
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 513 195
Reject 87 115
n: 910
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 489 484
Reject 229 67
n: 1269
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 211 328
Reject 25 144
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 205 473
Reject 14 171
n: 863
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 68 477
Reject 46 92
n: 683
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 253 461
Reject 15 182
n: 911
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 894 252
Reject 175 130
n: 1451
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 230 233
Reject 33 104
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 839 327
Reject 173 158
n: 1497
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 303 785
Reject 144 156
n: 1388
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 942 239
Reject 227 125
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 611 543
Reject 231 89
n: 1474
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 216 438
Reject 21 131
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 444 183
Reject 97 93
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 676 415
Reject 129 176
n: 1396
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 455 552
Reject 69 228
n: 1304
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 186 298
Reject 23 100
n: 607
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 71 603
Reject 38 121
n: 833
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 536 138
Reject 96 63
n: 833
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 128 509
Reject 62 106
n: 805
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 201 316
Reject 42 117
n: 676
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 124 448
Reject 11 131
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 72 565
Reject 44 133
n: 814
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 117 424
Reject 69 88
n: 698
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 408 363
Reject 72 140
n: 983
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 130 332
Reject 57 80
n: 599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 585 514
Reject 111 190
n: 1400
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 206 543
Reject 89 108
n: 946
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 18 753
Reject 18 193
n: 982
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 477 272
Reject 89 108
n: 946
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 152 187
Reject 20 66
n: 425
p: 0.0002
r: 0.18
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 262 284
Reject 39 100
n: 685
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 405 234
Reject 79 97
n: 815
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 19 658
Reject 24 161
n: 862
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 175 417
Reject 80 92
n: 764
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 267 824
Reject 111 192
n: 1394
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 103 277
Reject 14 93
n: 487
p: 0.0002
r: 0.17
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 200 440
Reject 32 159
n: 831
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 163 905
Reject 85 200
n: 1353
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 332 736
Reject 47 237
n: 1352
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 80 495
Reject 44 109
n: 728
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 312 690
Reject 55 236
n: 1293
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 332 329
Reject 124 60
n: 845
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 246 333
Reject 55 132
n: 766
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 102 986
Reject 51 253
n: 1392
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 141 451
Reject 16 155
n: 763
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 115 518
Reject 9 156
n: 798
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 84 394
Reject 11 133
n: 622
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 139 394
Reject 10 118
n: 661
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 136 993
Reject 71 243
n: 1443
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 493 279
Reject 106 106
n: 984
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 42 489
Reject 19 109
n: 659
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 706 475
Reject 266 86
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 12 516
Reject 12 138
n: 678
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 434 275
Reject 77 93
n: 879
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 224 429
Reject 78 76
n: 807
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 139 578
Reject 60 135
n: 912
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 159 495
Reject 55 97
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 276 924
Reject 43 301
n: 1544
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 933 212
Reject 222 96
n: 1463
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 35 353
Reject 12 67
n: 467
p: 0.0049
r: -0.13
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 38 677
Reject 14 183
n: 912
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 203 792
Reject 28 239
n: 1262
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 175 816
Reject 83 215
n: 1289
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 459 610
Reject 96 212
n: 1377
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 458 664
Reject 79 225
n: 1426
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 132 589
Reject 43 135
n: 899
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 735 446
Reject 178 174
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 290 249
Reject 64 88
n: 691
p: 0.0018
r: -0.12
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 34 640
Reject 7 152
n: 833
p: 0.0008
r: -0.12
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 364 757
Reject 131 174
n: 1426
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 274 466
Reject 48 131
n: 919
p: 0.0005
r: 0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 182 465
Reject 24 133
n: 804
p: 0.0012
r: 0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 318 223
Reject 72 85
n: 698
p: 0.0026
r: -0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 58 1141
Reject 32 302
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 377 804
Reject 149 203
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 91 587
Reject 38 147
n: 863
p: 0.0012
r: 0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 153 455
Reject 25 140
n: 773
p: 0.0022
r: 0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 270 921
Reject 46 302
n: 1539
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 658 145
Reject 204 23
n: 1030
p: 0.0005
r: 0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 155 492
Reject 24 133
n: 804
p: 0.0022
r: -0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 209 243
Reject 58 41
n: 551
p: 0.0116
r: -0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 49 412
Reject 26 111
n: 598
p: 0.0085
r: 0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 159 627
Reject 30 199
n: 1015
p: 0.0007
r: -0.1
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 255 517
Reject 85 127
n: 984
p: 0.001
r: -0.1
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 186 386
Reject 56 85
n: 713
p: 0.0054
r: 0.1
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 196 351
Reject 34 108
n: 689
p: 0.0068
r: -0.1
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 563 442
Reject 187 104
n: 1296
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 98 539
Reject 35 121
n: 793
p: 0.0047
r: 0.1
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 258 425
Reject 56 133
n: 872
p: 0.0036
r: 0.1
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 158 506
Reject 34 156
n: 854
p: 0.0049
r: -0.1
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 74 641
Reject 25 172
n: 912
p: 0.0041
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 234 485
Reject 73 123
n: 915
p: 0.0041
r: 0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 64 477
Reject 6 151
n: 698
p: 0.0123
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 391 616
Reject 143 155
n: 1305
p: 0.0006
r: 0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 576 631
Reject 129 210
n: 1546
p: 0.0002

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: -0.19
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 15 890
Reject 28 251
n: 1184
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 50 855
Reject 47 232
n: 1184
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 1071 158
Reject 274 86
n: 1589
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 153 752
Reject 19 260
n: 1184
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 185 1058
Reject 25 340
n: 1608
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 30 1213
Reject 25 340
n: 1608
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 101 1142
Reject 54 311
n: 1608
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 102 803
Reject 10 269
n: 1184
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 299 944
Reject 51 314
n: 1608
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 64 1165
Reject 39 321
n: 1589
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 11 894
Reject 13 266
n: 1184
p: 0.0005
r: -0.1
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 117 1126
Reject 61 304
n: 1608
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 81 824
Reject 10 269
n: 1184
p: 0.0009
r: 0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 43 862
Reject 3 276
n: 1184
p: 0.0014
r: 0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 37 868
Reject 2 277
n: 1184
p: 0.0014
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 76 816
Reject 35 212
n: 1139
p: 0.0019
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 94 1135
Reject 47 313
n: 1589
p: 0.0003
r: 0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 117 1126
Reject 19 346
n: 1608
p: 0.0003
r: 0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 629 263
Reject 152 95
n: 1139
p: 0.0028
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 39 1204
Reject 24 341
n: 1608
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 34 1209
Reject 26 339
n: 1608
p: 0.0004
r: 0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 225 1018
Reject 43 322
n: 1608
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 137 768
Reject 63 216
n: 1184
p: 0.0032
r: 0.09
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 30 875
Reject 2 277
n: 1184
p: 0.0032
r: -0.08
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 5 900
Reject 8 271
n: 1184
p: 0.0039
r: 0.08
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 280 963
Reject 53 312
n: 1608
p: 0.0011
r: -0.08
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 48 1195
Reject 28 337
n: 1608
p: 0.0012
r: 0.08
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 38 867
Reject 3 276
n: 1184
p: 0.0058
r: -0.07
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 12 893
Reject 9 270
n: 1184
p: 0.0099
r: -0.07
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 55 1188
Reject 26 339
n: 1608
p: 0.0039
r: -0.07
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 5 900
Reject 4 275
n: 1184
p: 0.0133
r: -0.07
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 24 881
Reject 15 264
n: 1184
p: 0.0135
r: 0.07
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 61 844
Reject 10 269
n: 1184
p: 0.0136
r: -0.07
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 8 897
Reject 8 271
n: 1184
p: 0.0163
r: -0.07
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 5 900
Reject 7 272
n: 1184
p: 0.0188
r: -0.07
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 5 1238
Reject 5 360
n: 1608
p: 0.0062
r: -0.07
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 74 831
Reject 34 245
n: 1184
p: 0.0202
r: 0.07
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 306 937
Reject 75 290
n: 1608
p: 0.0081
r: 0.06
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 67 838
Reject 9 270
n: 1184
p: 0.033
r: -0.06
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 230 946
Reject 78 265
n: 1519
p: 0.017
r: -0.06
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 191 1073
Reject 68 300
n: 1632
p: 0.0147
r: 0.06
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 123 1120
Reject 21 344
n: 1608
p: 0.0166
r: -0.06
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 196 1047
Reject 74 291
n: 1608
p: 0.0179
r: -0.06
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 14 891
Reject 9 270
n: 1184
p: 0.0475
r: -0.05
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 22 1221
Reject 12 353
n: 1608
p: 0.0287
r: 0.05
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 91 1152
Reject 14 351
n: 1608
p: 0.0456