very comfortable somewhat comfortable somewhat uncomfortable very uncomfortable
2. What best describes how comfortable you are in dealing with informal statistics (e.g., reading and interpreting tables and graphs that use rates and percentages)?
3. What best describes how quantitative your work, teaching, area of study or daily life is? (If retired, you may use your prior occupation.)
extremely quantitative (e.g., mathematics, statistics, etc.) highly quantitative (e.g., finance, econometrics, accounting, science, engineering, epidemiology, etc.) moderately quantitative (e.g., psychology, sociology, MIS, market research, forecasting, etc.) minimally quantitative (e.g., business management, education, journalism, health care, etc.) generally non-quantitative (e.g., child-care, music, art, English, philosophy, etc.)
4. What best describes your occupation? (If retired, you may use your prior occupation.)
student teacher, elementary/secondary teacher, college other professions other
5. What best describes your highest level of schooling completed?
Primary school Secondary school / high school Two-year college (Associate degree) Four-year college (Bachelor's degree) Graduate degree (Master's or Ph.D.)
6. What best describes your fluency in English?
English was a native language by primary school Became fluent in speaking and reading English after primary school Not yet fluent in speaking and reading English
7. How many undergraduate statistics courses have you completed?
None One Two Three Four or more
8. What is your age?
Under 18 18 - 24 25 - 44 45 and older
9. 20% of smokers are Catholics.
Yes No Don't know
10. Protestants (40%) are twice as likely to be smokers as are Catholics (20%).
11. 20% of Protestant males are runners.
12. Adults who weigh more tend to be taller (than those who weigh less).
13. The more an adult weighs, the taller they tend to be.
14. (Typically) as weight increases, height increases.
15. As adults' weights increase, their heights tend to increase.
16. As an adult's weight increases, their height tends to increase.
17. An adult who weighs more will tend to be taller.
18. As an adult weighs more the taller they will tend to be.
19. If an adult increases their weight, they can expect to increase their height.
20. If weight increases, height will tend to increase.
22. Protestants are more likely to commit suicide than non-Protestants (are).
24. 25% of blacks are females.
25. 25% is the percentage of blacks among females.
26. 25% is the percentage who are females among blacks.
Do you think these statements below accurately compare the 25% circled with the 50% immediately below it?
27. Whites are two times as likely to be female than are blacks.
28. Females are two times as likely to be white as to be black.
29. Whites are two times more likely to be female than are blacks.
31. 20% of females are runners who smoke.
32. 20% of female smokers are runners.
33. 20% of smokers are females who run.
34. Among female smokers, 20% is the percentage of runners.
35. Among females, 20% is the percentage of smokers who are runners.
Do you think these statements accurately compare the circled 20% with the 10% immediately below it?
36. The percentage of runners is twice as much among female smokers as among male smokers.
37. The percentage of smokers who run is twice as much among females as among males.
38. Among these smokers, males are twice as likely to be runners as are females.
40. In your opinion, do these two statements mean the same thing?
41. Which study gives better evidence that taking zinc will decrease a nurse's risk of a heart attack?
Study A Study B Equal support Don't know
42. Which study gives better evidence that taking zinc will decrease a nurse's risk of a heart attack?
43. In 2000, a research hospital had a higher death rate than a rural hospital.
Yes, possible No, impossible Don't know
45. In 1990, 26.2% of blacks were smokers.
46. In 1990, 26.2% was the percentage of black smokers.
47. In 1990, 26.2% of smokers were black.
48. In 1990, 26.2% was the percentage of blacks who were smokers.
50. In the US in 1996, the percentage of California births among low-weight births was 6%.
51. In the US in 1996, 6% of California births were low-weight.
Do you think this statement accurately compares the 6.0% in California(CA) with 9.3% in Alabama(AL)?
52. In the US in 1996, there were more low weight births in Alabama (AL) than in California (CA).
54. 10% of these women 40 to 44 received an HIV test.
55. Among those women who received an HIV test, the percentage of those 40-44 was 10%.
56. Among these women 40-44, the percentage who received an HIV test was 10%.
Do you think the following statements accurately compare the 10% and the 20% circled above?
57. Women 40-44 were twice as likely to have an HIV test as were women 20-24.
58. HIV tests were twice as likely to be administered to women 20-24 as to women 40-44.
59. Women 20-24 were two times more likely to have an HIV test than were women 40-44.
61. In 1995, for those in motor vehicle accidents, the death rate was 16.1 per 100,000 Alaskans.
62. In 1995, the rate of motor vehicle accidents was 16.1 per 100,000 Alaskans.
63. In 1995 for Alaskans who were in motor vehicle accidents, the death rate was 16.1 per 100,000.
Please give your evaluation of this survey: 64. This survey was much more difficult than I thought it would be.
Strongly agree Moderately agree Moderately disagree Strongly disagree
65. This survey was much more subtle than I thought it would be.
66. This survey was unnecessarily tricky.
67. I felt considerable discomfort in taking part or all of this survey.
69. College students should be able to read these kinds of tables and graphs.
No affiliation with any quantitative professional association. ASA: American Statistical Association. RSS: Royal Statistical Society. IASE: International Association of Statistical Educators. ISI: International Statistical Association. NCTM: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. MAA: Mathematics Association of America. AMS: American Mathematical Society. AMATYC: American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges. An other international Mathematical Association An other international Statistical Association Other
71. Please identify your primary major in college.
Never had a major. Business - MBA Business - non MBA Other social science (e.g., sociology, economics, political science, psychology) Other professions (e.g., education, social work) Physical science (e.g., physics, chemistry, biology) Engineering Formal sciences (e.g., mathematics, computer science) Humanities (e.g., philosophy, art, music, drama, communications, english, history, language Health sciences (e.g., nursing, forensics, physicians assistant Other
72. What country are you based in?
USA United Kingdom Europe: other EUC Europe: non EUC North America: non US Australia - New Zealand Asia, including India Africa South and Central America Middle East Russia Other
73. Please comment on anything related to your taking of this survey.
End of Survey. Thank you! © W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project. 2002. All rights reserved.