Survey Results

Correlations

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.16	Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	12
No	137	542

n: 706

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Spacetime: relationism
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	3
No	189	221

n: 429

p: 0.0013

r: -0.12	Well-being: objective list
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	17
No	362	245

n: 631

p: 0.003

r: 0.11	Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	18
No	85	521

n: 630

p: 0.0068

r: -0.11	Other minds: newborn babies
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	6
No	645	85

n: 759

p: 0.003

r: 0.1	Metaontology: deflationary realism
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	8
No	128	301

n: 446

p: 0.0288

r: 0.09	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	29	8
No	524	395

n: 956

p: 0.0045

r: -0.09	Meaning of life: objective
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	32
No	371	542

n: 953

p: 0.0056

r: 0.09	Chinese room: understands
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	16
No	128	527

n: 682

p: 0.0254

r: -0.08	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	12
No	499	180

n: 708

p: 0.0244

r: -0.08	External world: non-skeptical realism
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	34	12
No	936	139

n: 1121

p: 0.0055

r: 0.08	External world: skepticism
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	41
No	53	1023

n: 1122

p: 0.0057

r: -0.08	Abstract objects: Platonism
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	29
No	420	536

n: 996

p: 0.0107

r: -0.08	Zombies: metaphysically possible
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	36
No	288	673

n: 1002

p: 0.0125

r: 0.08	Consciousness: identity theory
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	20
No	83	546

n: 660

p: 0.0472

r: 0.07	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	37	8
No	703	386

n: 1134

p: 0.0126

r: 0.07	Experience machine: yes
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	29
No	143	898

n: 1080

p: 0.0177

r: 0.07	External world: idealism
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	39
No	72	1004

n: 1122

p: 0.0174

r: -0.07	Truth: correspondence
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	24
No	563	411

n: 1015

p: 0.0284

r: 0.07	Laws of nature: Humean
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	21
No	305	657

n: 1001

p: 0.0301

r: -0.06	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	29
No	582	507

n: 1134

p: 0.033

r: -0.06	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	29	13
No	760	269

n: 1071

p: 0.0391

r: -0.06	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Region of PhD: Canada	Accept	Reject
Yes	26	18
No	711	350

n: 1105

p: 0.0414

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.12	Region of nationality: United States
Region of PhD: Canada	Yes	No
Yes	10	30
No	624	451

n: 1115

p < 0.0001

r: 0.09	Tradition: Continental
Region of PhD: Canada	Yes	No
Yes	7	40
No	53	1086

n: 1186

p: 0.0017

r: -0.09	Other demographics: YOB
Region of PhD: Canada	Yes	No
Yes	13	30
No	587	472

n: 1102

p: 0.003

r: -0.08	Region of affiliation: United States
Region of PhD: Canada	Yes	No
Yes	20	28
No	724	442

n: 1214

p: 0.0044

r: 0.08	AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Region of PhD: Canada	Yes	No
Yes	6	41
No	51	1094

n: 1192

p: 0.0088

r: -0.06	AOS: Metaphysics
Region of PhD: Canada	Yes	No
Yes	5	42
No	266	879

n: 1192

p: 0.0435

r: -0.06	Tradition: Analytic
Region of PhD: Canada	Yes	No
Yes	36	11
No	987	152

n: 1186

p: 0.0497