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Originally Posted by hilleluk
Here is a few paragraph's from an article printed today in the Newcastle Chronicle
by Jonathan Walker
BRITAIN WOULD HAVE VOTED TO REMAIN HAD IT BEEN BETTER EDUCATED,
ACADEMICS CLAIM
New research suggests the nation would have voted against Brexit if more of us had gone to university
The UK could have voted against Brexit if voters had been better educated,
academics have said
A new paper suggests that a university education was the 'predominant factor' dividing
those who voted Remain and those who voted Leave
It even made more difference than age or income, according to the document
And if just 3% more people had gone to university then the results of last year's EU referendum, when the UK voted to quit the EU, could have been different.
The findings were published by academics from the university of Leicester
They produced data showing the cities such as Sunderland have a low proportion of
people who have been through higher education and voted to leave the EU - while areas
such as Lambeth and camden in London have a high proportion of graduates and voted to remain
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I am always, always sceptical of research.
I need to know who commissioned and paid for it(research is never cheap)
I want to know what backgrounds the commissioner had.
I want to know what criteria was used to determine who respondents would be.
I need to know what the questions were...how they were couched(we all know that some questions can be loaded to lead the respondent)
I want to know what commissioners wanted to prove.
I want to how many people were in the samples and what the 'control' was.
There is very little truly independent research.
I agree with Cashy on this one...though I would really rather they didn't kiss my butt...I might catch something.