[Blzbba]

"Today 81 percent of Americans say that prayer is an important part of their daily lives, ...... But a more important finding may be that 51 percent completely agree that prayer is an important part of their daily lives "



So there are 30% of people who say that prayer IS an important part of their daily lives who do NOT completely agree that prayer IS an important part of their daily lives?!?

{scratches head} That just don't make no sense!!

I stopped reading after than nonsensical clash of statistics.

[bdeaner]

Probably a likert scale with different degrees of agreement and disagreement. For example:

1 = Completely disagree
2 = Somewhat disagree
3 = Neutral
4 = Somewhat agree
5 = Completely agree
That would explain the apparently contradictory statistics.

[Rockitz]

People eat junk food, smoke, drink alcohol, (insert the vice of your choice) and, yet, will completely agree that it is bad for their health. Given that, I see no contradiction with the statistic you sited in this article.