Survey Results

Wittgenstein (which do you prefer?): early or late?


963 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:
early
24.61% (20.77%)
Reject or lean against:
early
4.15% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
late
57.53% (53.48%)
Reject or lean against:
late
4.05% (0.00%)
Accept a combination of views
8.52%
Accept an alternative view
4.47%
The question is too unclear to answer
1.35%
There is no fact of the matter
1.35%
Agnostic/undecided
8.62%
Other
1.45%
N = 963, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (181 respondents)
Alternative Views

59 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.

  • NEIT (29): neither (29)
  • BOTH (14): both (13) bothism (1)
  • CONT (6): continuous (5) continuity (1)
  • ACCE (4): accept (4)
  • DEVE (4): development (4)
  • NONE (3): none (3)
  • BETW (3): between (3)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.23
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 86 64
Reject 121 206
n: 477
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 132 39
Reject 280 177
n: 628
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 36 119
Reject 158 241
n: 554
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 167 61
Reject 337 266
n: 831
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 37 113
Reject 117 208
n: 475
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 104 52
Reject 187 212
n: 555
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 85 117
Reject 126 383
n: 711
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 27 133
Reject 122 266
n: 548
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 27 144
Reject 65 295
n: 531
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 58 63
Reject 112 261
n: 494
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 118 54
Reject 231 238
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 146 67
Reject 293 249
n: 755
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 60 140
Reject 259 300
n: 759
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 116 96
Reject 215 319
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 12 125
Reject 61 212
n: 410
p: 0.0005
r: -0.17
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 94 108
Reject 318 193
n: 713
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 92 98
Reject 289 182
n: 661
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 134 86
Reject 250 330
n: 800
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 200 32
Reject 440 159
n: 831
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 29 142
Reject 133 321
n: 625
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 23 161
Reject 131 348
n: 663
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 49 164
Reject 167 374
n: 754
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 77 72
Reject 165 232
n: 546
p: 0.0004
r: -0.14
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 31 177
Reject 116 405
n: 729
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 31 118
Reject 32 299
n: 480
p: 0.0017
r: -0.14
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 35 113
Reject 121 277
n: 546
p: 0.001
r: 0.13
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 60 58
Reject 75 143
n: 336
p: 0.0134
r: -0.13
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 24 127
Reject 75 272
n: 498
p: 0.0038
r: 0.13
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 175 53
Reject 378 221
n: 827
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 32 188
Reject 56 544
n: 820
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 60 121
Reject 230 251
n: 662
p: 0.0011
r: 0.12
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 52 129
Reject 74 407
n: 662
p: 0.0013
r: -0.12
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 17 121
Reject 62 290
n: 490
p: 0.0066
r: 0.12
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 32 104
Reject 25 246
n: 407
p: 0.0135
r: -0.12
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 25 146
Reject 81 313
n: 565
p: 0.0036
r: -0.12
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 31 137
Reject 126 297
n: 591
p: 0.003
r: -0.12
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 49 143
Reject 210 311
n: 713
p: 0.0015
r: 0.12
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 25 92
Reject 46 291
n: 454
p: 0.0116
r: 0.12
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 61 83
Reject 128 269
n: 541
p: 0.0064
r: -0.12
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 16 155
Reject 37 324
n: 532
p: 0.0074
r: 0.11
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 56 94
Reject 78 254
n: 482
p: 0.0115
r: 0.11
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 103 57
Reject 203 185
n: 548
p: 0.008
r: -0.11
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 17 132
Reject 50 276
n: 475
p: 0.0144
r: 0.11
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 106 102
Reject 210 313
n: 731
p: 0.0024
r: -0.11
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 12 126
Reject 44 307
n: 489
p: 0.0135
r: 0.11
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 135 57
Reject 286 235
n: 713
p: 0.003
r: 0.11
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 58 110
Reject 110 312
n: 590
p: 0.0071
r: 0.11
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 30 108
Reject 39 232
n: 409
p: 0.0307
r: -0.11
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 32 149
Reject 86 358
n: 625
p: 0.0077
r: -0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 47 148
Reject 186 316
n: 697
p: 0.0057
r: -0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 20 141
Reject 91 351
n: 603
p: 0.0105
r: 0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 92 109
Reject 192 364
n: 757
p: 0.0046
r: -0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 11 104
Reject 39 242
n: 396
p: 0.0423
r: 0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 128 97
Reject 265 339
n: 829
p: 0.0044
r: 0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 152 39
Reject 322 113
n: 626
p: 0.014
r: 0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 31 131
Reject 70 401
n: 633
p: 0.0138
r: -0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 18 195
Reject 68 471
n: 752
p: 0.0076
r: 0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 28 134
Reject 44 399
n: 605
p: 0.0171
r: 0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 78 73
Reject 132 216
n: 499
p: 0.031
r: -0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 64 120
Reject 219 298
n: 701
p: 0.0108
r: -0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 29 117
Reject 79 284
n: 509
p: 0.0306
r: 0.1
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 85 87
Reject 149 212
n: 533
p: 0.0279
r: -0.09
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 32 117
Reject 95 237
n: 481
p: 0.0398
r: 0.09
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 57 89
Reject 109 255
n: 510
p: 0.0383
r: -0.09
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 12 142
Reject 31 361
n: 546
p: 0.0347
r: -0.09
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 119 99
Reject 381 201
n: 800
p: 0.0111
r: 0.09
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 22 173
Reject 19 484
n: 698
p: 0.0197
r: 0.09
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 52 119
Reject 94 308
n: 573
p: 0.0355
r: 0.09
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 69 115
Reject 154 327
n: 665
p: 0.0239
r: 0.09
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 188 38
Reject 443 124
n: 793
p: 0.0143
r: -0.09
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 83 77
Reject 269 175
n: 604
p: 0.0332
r: -0.09
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 59 130
Reject 180 304
n: 673
p: 0.0255
r: -0.09
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 20 171
Reject 66 369
n: 626
p: 0.0326
r: 0.09
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 66 138
Reject 123 382
n: 709
p: 0.0232
r: -0.08
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 6 170
Reject 25 433
n: 634
p: 0.0336
r: 0.08
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 145 48
Reject 346 149
n: 688
p: 0.0404
r: 0.08
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 105 87
Reject 247 279
n: 718
p: 0.0363
r: -0.08
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 90 135
Reject 310 294
n: 829
p: 0.0275
r: -0.07
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 131 69
Reject 396 160
n: 756
p: 0.0414
r: 0.07
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 130 98
Reject 308 295
n: 831
p: 0.0339
r: 0.07
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 159 66
Reject 381 193
n: 799
p: 0.0393

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: 0.2
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 39 144
Reject 37 462
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 87 144
Reject 130 503
n: 864
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 33 150
Reject 30 469
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 12 171
Reject 64 435
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 38 193
Reject 49 584
n: 864
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 19 212
Reject 103 530
n: 864
p: 0.0004
r: 0.11
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 23 160
Reject 31 468
n: 682
p: 0.003
r: 0.11
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 207 23
Reject 519 99
n: 848
p: 0.0022
r: 0.1
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 17 166
Reject 29 470
n: 682
p: 0.0094
r: -0.1
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 95 129
Reject 322 279
n: 825
p: 0.0055
r: 0.09
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 16 220
Reject 17 616
n: 869
p: 0.0084
r: -0.08
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 7 224
Reject 33 600
n: 864
p: 0.0138
r: 0.08
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 8 175
Reject 13 486
n: 682
p: 0.0429
r: -0.08
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 9 222
Reject 47 586
n: 864
p: 0.0262
r: -0.07
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 8 222
Reject 31 587
n: 848
p: 0.033
r: -0.07
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 15 215
Reject 68 550
n: 848
p: 0.0344
r: -0.07
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 118 118
Reject 365 268
n: 869
p: 0.0415
r: 0.07
Wittgenstein: early Yes No
Accept 14 217
Reject 21 612
n: 864
p: 0.0435