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U.S. racial and ethnic groups vary significantly in their knowledge of science-related issues, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that quizzed Americans about subjects ranging from life and physical sciences to numeracy and chart reading.
About half of whites (48%) got at least nine of 11 questions correct. In comparison, much smaller shares of Hispanics (23%) and blacks (9%) correctly answered at least nine of the questions.
It's very easy, and only 11 questions long but, I think, a pretty good measure of all-around basic science literacy. The question with the biggest racial disparity was the last one:
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A car travels at a constant speed of 40 miles per hour. How far does the car travel in 45 minutes?
Amazingly, only 57% of all quiz takers got this right, including just 66% of whites, 46% of Hispanics and 23% of blacks.
Interesting. I took the quiz. Not sure if this link will show my result or not. But I figured I'd post it just the same. If it doesn't show, let me just say I answered 11 of 11 correctly. However, I did not get asked for my ethnicity at the end of the quiz, so I'm guessing the statistics are the results of a previous test cycle. I noticed that "men" outscored "women" on every question. I also noticed the results were the same down the board concerning ethnicity.
And DAMN black people are seriously uneducated when it comes to science and math.
All the questions are multiple choice from 4 possibilities, so picking at random would result in an average of 2.75 correct answers out of 11. Black people without a college degree got 3.2 answers correct on average. 80% of America's black population lacks a college degree.
All the questions are multiple choice from 4 possibilities, so picking at random would result in an average of 2.75 correct answers out of 11. Black people without a college degree got 3.2 answers correct on average. 80% of America's black population lacks a college degree.
You are not using your brain power to ponder scientific questions when you're poor.
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