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Yale Climate Change Poll

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday April 23 2015, @11:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the you're-getting-warmer dept.

fleg writes:

An interesting poll on climate change from Yale University has been released. This poll, based on data collected in the USA, shows a number of things, perhaps the most interesting being that people who believe in climate change themselves is 63%, whilst those who believe there is scientific consensus on it is 41%.

Data shows responses to a number of climate related questions at the national, state, congressional district and county level.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by zocalo on Thursday April 23 2015, @12:34PM

    by zocalo (302) on Thursday April 23 2015, @12:34PM (#174266)
    There seem to be some very odd numbers in that poll, with some of the results looking like they are at odds with others. Some of that can be put down to being ill-informed - e.g. about the level of disgreement amongst scientists - and some are clearly driven more by the environment than the climate (viz. the Policy section), but others seem to be more a reflection of self-interest/denial, or even defy logic. 63% believe global warming is real, yet only 41% percent believe most scientists think so - what's that supposed to mean? That 22% of the respondants think they are right in claiming that global warming is real but that the majority of scientists are wrong? I also find myself wondering what change (if any) using the term "climate change" in place of "global warming" might have had.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 23 2015, @12:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 23 2015, @12:39PM (#174267)

    I wonder what the p-values [soylentnews.org] are...

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Thursday April 23 2015, @01:34PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 23 2015, @01:34PM (#174284) Journal

      I wonder what the pee-values are...

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      • (Score: 2) by sudo rm -rf on Thursday April 23 2015, @01:39PM

        by sudo rm -rf (2357) on Thursday April 23 2015, @01:39PM (#174285) Journal

        ...Save your money, don't go to the show

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by rts008 on Thursday April 23 2015, @09:44PM

        by rts008 (3001) on Thursday April 23 2015, @09:44PM (#174450)

        I miss Frank a lot. The man was quite a character. :-)

  • (Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Sunday April 26 2015, @02:36AM

    by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Sunday April 26 2015, @02:36AM (#175236)

    There seem to be some very odd numbers in that poll, with some of the results looking like they are at odds with others.

    Here is how even reputable polls work. They call you at home, getting you while a) you are making dinner, b) taking a nap, or c) just about to head to the bathroom. They tease you by saying it will only take a few minutes, but you discover it is dragging on and on, a bunch of questions with options for answers of which none are what you would choose for a solution. If there is a "none of the above option", it is worded to make you sound like a a dullard or completely uncaring bastard should you choose it. Of course, choices for answers require black or white thinking, there are no shades of grey, and in the end you feel as if you totally screwed up, and your solace is thinking of a poll answered by Opus in a Bloom County strip: "What is your weight? 36 pounds. Height? 2'11". Pants size? I don't wear any pants. And sexual preference? Svelte, buoyant waterfowl. Thank you. My pleasure... They're either going to arrest me or fire her."