lockmat Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I was forwarded this exam and thought it was interesting. Just thought it'd be fun to post and see how HAIFers do.Exam: http://goo.gl/bIpWY Full Civic Literacy Exam (from our 2008 survey)Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Missed one. That's better than average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 looks like we have some smart HAIFers so far ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 No, those who score badly simply do not post their score. I certainly wasn't going to if I had not scored in the 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 No, those who score badly simply do not post their score. I certainly wasn't going to if I had not scored in the 90s.It's a private vote. Only editor would know, muahaha haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Says a lot about our citizens government knowledge if the average is only 49%. I scored 75.76% and I consider myself an idiot when it comes to this kind of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbha Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Thanks for posting this, lockmat. It was a lot of fun.Did anyone else check out the 'additional findings' page that came after and claims that elected officials score lower than other citizens, on average?Here's the link: http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/additional_finding.html.On only three questions was the average score for an elected official higher than for everyone else.I was also appalled that so few (in general) got #19 right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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