We will again ask you questions about various facts about the world, about history, and about your beliefs about those facts.
1. How many countries are members of the United Nations?
2. What is the average daily high temperature in BOSTON, MA in January, in degrees F, rounded to the nearest degree? Please don't type decimals: if you think the average temperature is 5.7 degrees in January, just round off and type "6"; if you think it is 10.1, just type "10". DEGREES F
3. What year did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor, bringing the USA into World War II?
4. How old (in years) is the average person who would be described as "middle-aged"?
5. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 30 gallons/month? MORE LESS
6. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 31 gallons/month? MORE LESS
7. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 32 gallons/month? MORE LESS
8. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 34 gallons/month? MORE LESS
9. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 45 gallons/month? MORE LESS
10. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 60 gallons/month? MORE LESS
11. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 62 gallons/month? MORE LESS
12. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 64 gallons/month? MORE LESS
13. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 65 gallons/month? MORE LESS
14. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 66 gallons/month? MORE LESS
15. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 68 gallons/month? MORE LESS
16. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 70 gallons/month? MORE LESS
17. Average gasoline consumption MORE or LESS than 80 gallons/month? MORE LESS
18a. What is your best estimate of the average amount of gasoline consumed per month by a car in the USA, in gallons?
18b. How confident are you that your answer (in #18a) is within 10 gallons of the correct value? Very Unconfident Very Confident
For the next two items, choose lowest and highest estimates of the average monthly gasoline consumption, so that you are 95% confident that the right answer falls between the two numbers.
19. What is the SMALLEST AMOUNT that it might plausibly be?
20. What is the LARGEST AMOUNT that it might plausibly be?
21. How did you know or learn about gasoline consumption in the USA? or How did you estimate the average consumption of gasoline?
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23. What is your age? years.
24. What is the highest level of education you have completed? Choose from this list Less than 12 years Graduated High School (12 years education) Some College (13-15 years education) Graduated from College (Bachelor's degree) Master's degree Advanced Grad School beyond Master's degree Doctoral Degree (Ph.D., M.D., J.D., etc.)
25. Nationality (country of birth):
LAST NAME:
FIRST NAME:
CWID:
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