Thursday, May 14, 2015

Serial Podcast Subreddit Survey Results



So here are the results of a survey I put up for serial fans on https://www.reddit.com/r/serialpodcast/ .  Because it was a free account, I can't export the raw data into excel for analysis and I haven't had time to do in manually.  And of course all of this has to be taken with the caveat that it is a self selected group of poll takers from a small group and totally non-random.  But some quick thinks that jumped out at me:


1) Gender disparity.  65% female to 35% male.  I'm guessing that's far off general reddit breakdown, but maybe reflects the Serial audience demographic.  In any case, it's a big difference which I can't explain.

2) Age skewed a a lttle younger than I would have guessed, but that may be more reflective of reddit and serial's general listening audience.

3) Super white dominated at 81%.

4) Less than 50% of repondents believe Adnan's guilty.  The rest believe innocent of undecided.  This is very different from my impression from reading comments.  And that indicate to me that the guilters are just far more outspoken and strident.  They attack others, downvote and likely push people to stop commenting if they believe Adnan might not be guilty.

5) If you look at who thinks the State met the beyond a reasonable doubt burden of proof, the difference is even more clear.  Only 34% thinkg the State proved their case vs 66% who thing it did not.

I'll update when I have time to manually export the data to excel.






Are you male or female?

  • Answered: 117 
  • Skipped: 0
FemaleMale
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Female
64.96%
76
Male
35.04%
41
Total117

What is your age?

  • Answered: 116 
  • Skipped: 1
17 or younger18-2021-2930-3940-4950-5960 or older
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
17 or younger
1.72%
2
18-20
3.45%
4
21-29
24.14%
28
30-39
37.93%
44
40-49
18.10%
21
50-59
9.48%
11
60 or older
5.17%
6
Total116

In what country do you currently reside?

  • Answered: 83 
  • Skipped: 34
United States
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
United States
100.00%
83
Total83

What is the highest level of school you have completed or the highest degree you have received?

  • Answered: 116 
  • Skipped: 1
Less than high
school degree
High school
degree or...
Some college
but no degree
Associate
degree
Bachelor degreeGraduate degree
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Less than high school degree
0.86%
1
High school degree or equivalent (e.g., GED)
3.45%
4
Some college but no degree
6.90%
8
Associate degree
5.17%
6
Bachelor degree
36.21%
42
Graduate degree
47.41%
55
Total116

Are you White, Black or African-American, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific islander, or some other race?

  • Answered: 111 
  • Skipped: 6
White
Black or
African-Amer...
American
Indian or...
Asian
Native
Hawaiian or...
From multiple
races
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
White
81.08%
90
Black or African-American
3.60%
4
American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.00%
0
Asian
10.81%
12
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
0.00%
0
From multiple races
4.50%
5
Total111

US Region

  • Answered: 80 
  • Skipped: 37
New EnglandMiddle Atlantic
East North
Central
West North
Central
South Atlantic
East South
Central
West South
Central
MountainPacific
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
New England
5.00%
4
Middle Atlantic
18.75%
15
East North Central
20.00%
16
West North Central
3.75%
3
South Atlantic
11.25%
9
East South Central
7.50%
6
West South Central
6.25%
5
Mountain
6.25%
5
Pacific
21.25%
17
Total80

Which of the following best describes the field in which you received your highest degree?

  • Answered: 71 
  • Skipped: 46
MathematicsScienceHealthcareMedicineComputingEngineeringTechnologyBusiness
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Mathematics
5.63%
4
Science
28.17%
20
Healthcare
9.86%
7
Medicine
8.45%
6
Computing
5.63%
4
Engineering
7.04%
5
Technology
5.63%
4
Business
29.58%
21
Total71

Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or something else?

  • Answered: 113 
  • Skipped: 4
RepublicanDemocratIndependentSomething else
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Republican
5.31%
6
Democrat
56.64%
64
Independent
16.81%
19
Something else
21.24%
24
Total113

Do you believe the State met the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt in its case against Adnan Syed?

  • Answered: 117 
  • Skipped: 0
YesNo
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Yes
34.19%
40
No
65.81%
77
Total117

Do you believe Adnan Syed is guilty?

  • Answered: 117 
  • Skipped: 0
Yes or Lean YesNo or Lean NoUndecided
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Yes or Lean Yes
48.72%
57
No or Lean No
29.06%
34
Undecided
22.22%
26
Total117

4 comments:

  1. Thank you for your efforts. This is very illuminating.

    It seems that young, female, white liberals think that we should free the convicted murderer of a young woman.

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    1. well, you can't really tell correlations without getting at the raw data for every response.

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    2. "It seems that young, female, white liberals think that we should free the unjustly convicted"

      Corrected that for you.

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