ac ...'OS5 age groups, as is the percentage who identify themsel':es as
sightcrs. On the other hand, the age of the respondents does appcer
to be related to the replies to the other questions, as to whether flying
Salll.'erS arc real and whether there are people on other planets. 'fhe
results of the analysis appear in Table 2. 'lhey show that the younger
tI,e respondents, the greater the proportion willing to indicate that
they feel that flying saucers are "real." About twico as many persons
in the youngest group answer "real" as answer "imagination," while in
tIl(> aIdcst p1'('IUp the proportion answering "imagination" outweighs those
rl'Idyin~ "re:;I." It can also he seen that the percent reporting "no
opi nio"" varies, \'ii til a larger proporL~n of the older people than of
the younger reporti ng "no (;1)-: :1iQ!l."
T'H=' analysis h\' age of the question concerning "people on other
planet.s" appears in Table 3. Again, response is relateJ to age, with
more of the younger respondents indicating an opinion. Of those \."he
vo;"'0UP the proportion answering "imagination" outweighs those
rtIH~r fIying saucers are rca 1 OJ" imaginary. 4.n of the men
aliJ 52'.. of the I,omen in<ii,',,;C' they think flyinp S[\UCf)J"S arc real;
,,:;~, and ';(":", respect j veL', hold them to h,~ iJl1t1r,l nary ilnd 22':, vf each
group h;l\:e no opl n1.0n.
Although the relationships arc not ,rrong, the results of tlH~ 1~)6()
(;allup 1'0]] suggest tlwt education is related to opinions. '11\0. gre(Jter
the etlul';ltion, the higher th~ proportion who in,licatcd tl,,~y have heard
of f lyin~ ~aU!~0r~, "I\() thi Ilk t'118Y flrc r()al rat\;'n' than the J1roduc,t of
imagi!:ati.ol1 and \d\o helll'vc that there arc people somewhat like oursd.vcs
living on other planet,;,
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