website https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2017/07/10/sharp-partisan-divisions-in-views-of-national-institutions/

We live in a media age. At any time, we are able to access news at our fingertips. Think about how often you are exposed to statistics for example, your favorite station says a certain view or a certain politician has a 47% approval rating. How do you think these numbers are calculated? How might such a statement influence our perception of that view or the politician?

Read the following articlefrom the Pew Research Center, a non-partisan organization which conducts polls to analyze views on US policy. According to their research, 2504 adults were polled their opinion of national institutions. Their political affiliation was also collected during the survey.

For this week, please consider the following questions:

• How did Pew Research collect their data? Why is it important to share how they collected their data?
• Do you think the 2504 people are representative of the entire US population? Why or why not?
• Can we assume that the findings of this study apply to the entire US population? Should we assume that these findings accurately reflect the truth about everyone who registers with a particular political affiliation?
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