Hm, good idea. Could be very controversial, though, and I’m not sure of whether it would be sufficiently provable. But yes, a question where the true answer is some negative fact about an African country is a good idea. Thanks!
A number of the above questions are not asking, “Is X true?” but rather “Do group Y believe that X is true?”
But once you get into asking “Do group Y believe that X should be done?” you’re not talking about respondents’ model of others’ factual “is” beliefs, but respondents’ model of others’ moral “ought” beliefs.
Hm, good idea. Could be very controversial, though, and I’m not sure of whether it would be sufficiently provable. But yes, a question where the true answer is some negative fact about an African country is a good idea. Thanks!
If you don’t want to go into the IQ area, personal values are a good topic.
The World Value Survey seems a good source.
In some African countries more Muslims believe that homosexuality should be punishable by death than most Western liberals would like.
A number of the above questions are not asking, “Is X true?” but rather “Do group Y believe that X is true?”
But once you get into asking “Do group Y believe that X should be done?” you’re not talking about respondents’ model of others’ factual “is” beliefs, but respondents’ model of others’ moral “ought” beliefs.
That might be a very different thing.
Excellent! Yes those sorts of questions are even better.