PRRI-RNS Religion News Survey, February 2011

DOI

10.17605/OSF.IO/YHB8F

Citation

Jones, R. P., & Cox, D. (2021, September 30). PRRI-RNS Religion News Survey, February 2011.

Summary

The PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey was conducted by Public Religion Research Institute, in partnership with Religion News Service, to examine attitudes on breaking news and emerging issues at the intersection of religion and politics. This survey focused on attitudes about American Muslims and support for extremism in the American Muslim community. Questions gauged the extent to which Americans had heard about congressional hearings into alleged extremism in the American Muslim community, views about the hearings and views about American Muslims, Shari'a law, and relations with law enforcement.

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Data File

Cases: 1015
Variables: 43
Weight Variable: WEIGHT

Data Collection

February 11 - 13, 2011

Original Survey (Instrument)

Public Religion Research Institute February 2011 Questionnaire

Funded By

Public Religion Research Institute

Collection Procedures

Telephone interviews were conducted in English only, under the direction of Opinion Research Corporation among a nationwide sample of 1,015 adults, 18 years of age or older, in the continental United States. Interviews were conducted from February 11-13, 2011. All interviews were conducted on landline telephones. The randomly sampled telephone numbers were subject to up to four different call attempts.

Sampling Procedures

The sample was derived by an unrestricted random-digit dial procedure, which minimizes serial bias and includes both listed and unlisted telephone numbers. Only one interview was conducted within an individual household. The sample was fully replicated and stratified by region to increase its representativeness.

Principal Investigators

Robert P. Jones and Daniel Cox

Notes on Weighted Data

The final sample was weighted to five different parameters-age, sex, geographic region, education and race-to ensure reliable and accurate representation of the total adult population.