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cancer — In the US the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has conducted their second Cancer poll and has just released the results. Side note: The word Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. In other words, ASCO are the subject matter experts. […]

Cancer Survey – Many people believe quackery works

This entry was posted in Medicine poll Skeptic news Skepticism society and tagged cancer quackery survey on November 6, 2018 by Dave

religious survey — Often a survey or poll will ask you to tick an option such as those illustrated above. Many will dutifully respond and tick the option that best describes their cultural heritage. This however says nothing at all about what people actually believe, but instead perhaps reflects their ethnic or cultural […]

Pew have a new way of measuring what you believe

This entry was posted in People poll religion society and tagged pew poll religion survey typology on September 4, 2018 by Dave

There is a BBC article (dated 4th Sept) that reports that in the UK … 53% of people described themselves as having “no religion”, in a survey of 2,942 adults by the National Centre for Social Research. Among those aged between 18 and 25, the proportion was higher at 71%. […]

BBC News: “More than half in UK are non-religious”

This entry was posted in media People poll religion society and tagged media social attitudes survey on September 6, 2017 by Dave

The results of the latest British Social Attitudes survey have now been published, and as might perhaps be anticipated, the number of non-religious people has continued its upward trend. Where can I find the precise details? Press Release for the latest survey is here A PDF containing the full survey […]

New Insights: 53% of Britons are non-religious

This entry was posted in People poll religion society and tagged 2017 British Social Attitudes Scottish Social Attitudes survey on July 7, 2017 by Dave

The rise of a new demography across the US human landscape is perhaps well-known. Various pew-research polls have established that as many as almost 1 in 4 (to be more precise 23%) have opted out, no longer retain a belief, and do not identify themselves as religious. As reported by pew […]

Pew Poll Results: Why do the nones reject religious belief?

This entry was posted in People psychology religion and tagged belief nones pew poll religious decline survey on September 7, 2016 by Dave

The National Center for social research has recently released some new statistics. In this they reveal that the decline of religion within the UK appears to have halted. The UK’s Telegraph has in turn picked this up and run with that .. Decline of religion in Britain ‘comes to a […]

Has religious decline come to a halt in the UK?

This entry was posted in consumer People religion society and tagged British Social Attitudes National Center for social research religion survey trends on August 26, 2016 by Dave