What minimum percentage is required to constitute “Most” as in ‘most people believe X’?
59% or less − 41.9%
60%-69% − 17.9%
70%-79% − 22.1%
80% or more- 18%
804 votes
Weird. I’ve always understood ‘most’ to unambiguously mean “the majority”, i.e. “more than half”, and I had assumed there was general agreement on this.
I’ve always understood it to mean something stronger than that, at least in the 75% range, which is thy I worded the quiz the way I did; if I was doing it over again category one would be 50% or less—it indicates (in my internal language anyway) broad agreement, and that when one encounters disagreement one should be surprised.
Weird. I’ve always understood ‘most’ to unambiguously mean “the majority”, i.e. “more than half”, and I had assumed there was general agreement on this.
I’ve always understood it to mean something stronger than that, at least in the 75% range, which is thy I worded the quiz the way I did; if I was doing it over again category one would be 50% or less—it indicates (in my internal language anyway) broad agreement, and that when one encounters disagreement one should be surprised.