(ANALYSIS) Today’s post is going to be a bit different than the usual stuff you get on my newsletter. I see people make assumptions about data and statistical analysis that just make me scratch my head. A short list of things that come up again and again when I post any type of graph on social media. That kind of response is just so divorced from how public opinion actually works that I feel like I need to take some time to really lay out how wrongheaded it is. Take, for instance, the General Social Survey’s question about allowing a woman to have access to an abortion if she wants one for any reason.