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I suspect you could get quite different answers, how?
interrogators are all Christian or all atheist. Body language telegraphs the correct answer.
multiple choice with 4/5 answers essentially Christian or essentially scientific.
where you find the people to interrogate. People at home with land lines are a different set than those working in office buildings.
where you interrogate people. Who is with them. If a friend is with them, they will answer to please the friend.
I like to tease such interrogators by saying "I don't know the correct answer to that question", which is suggesting someone who paid for this poll wanted me to answer a particular way.
Next time you get a telephone poll, try to guess how the interrogator personally wants you to answer each question. They are supposed to disguise this, but I don't think it is easy to do.
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