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short readsJun 26, 2024

Q&A: What is the American Trends Panel, and how has it changed?

Members of the American Trends Panel can now take our surveys online or over the phone with an interviewer.
short readsJun 26, 2024

How do people in the U.S. take Pew Research Center surveys, anyway?

Here, we address some of the most common questions we receive about the nuts and bolts of taking a U.S.-focused Pew Research Center poll.
short readsMar 5, 2024

Online opt-in polls can produce misleading results, especially for young people and Hispanic adults

We examine how an opt-in poll may have unintentionally misled the public about the sensitive issue of Holocaust denial among young Americans.
short readsFeb 6, 2024

Q&A: How we used large language models to identify guests on popular podcasts

We asked researchers how they used the newest generation of large language models to analyze roughly 24,000 podcast episodes.
short readsJan 31, 2024

Q&A: How – and why – we’re changing the way we study tech adoption

With our shift to using NPORS for studying topics like the digital divide, Americans can now respond by mail or online. This change in approach sets us up to continue studying tech adoption long into the future.
short readsAug 30, 2023

Is China a religious country or not? It’s a tricky question to answer

Based on formal religious identity, China is the least religious country in the world – with just 10% of Chinese adults self-identifying with a religion.
short readsMay 8, 2023

Q&A: A behind-the-scenes look at Pew Research Center’s extensive new survey of Asian Americans

This project is the largest nationally representative survey of its kind to date focused on Asian Americans.
short readsAug 2, 2022

Q&A: Why and how Pew Research Center conducted 66 focus groups with Asian Americans

This project represents our first comprehensive examination of Asian American identity using focus groups. Here’s how and why we did it.
short readsJun 28, 2022

Q&A: How and why we surveyed Americans about their views on gender identity

The new survey covers topics such as whether the public thinks society is moving too quickly or not quickly enough on gender identity issues.
short readsJun 14, 2022

Q&A: How and why Pew Research Center surveyed almost 12,000 U.S. journalists

Most of our research on the U.S. news environment has been from the viewpoint of the public, but this time we surveyed journalists themselves.

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Q&A: What is the American Trends Panel, and how has it changed?

How do people in the U.S. take Pew Research Center surveys, anyway?

Online opt-in polls can produce misleading results, especially for young people and Hispanic adults

Q&A: How we used large language models to identify guests on popular podcasts

Q&A: How – and why – we’re changing the way we study tech adoption

Is China a religious country or not? It’s a tricky question to answer

Q&A: A behind-the-scenes look at Pew Research Center’s extensive new survey of Asian Americans

Q&A: Why and how Pew Research Center conducted 66 focus groups with Asian Americans

Q&A: How and why Pew Research Center surveyed almost 12,000 U.S. journalists

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