TABLE 6.3 POSITIVE (8-10) TRUSTWORTHINESS OF SOURCES FOLLOW-UP RATIOS

In order to keep down the length and cost of the interviews, we only asked follow-up questions of some respondents. The table below indicates the number and percentage of people who were asked follow-up questions if they described a source as particularly trustworthy by giving it a rating of 8-10, where10 means very trustworthy.  

How trustworthy do you think ____ are as a source of information about the past?	Number of respondents in range	Number of respondents who were asked follow-up questions	Percentage
Museums	622	57	.09
Movies or television programs about the past	86	6	.07
Non-fiction Books	240	23	.10
Personal accounts from your grandparents or other relatives	544	73	.13
High school history teachers	174	136	.78
College history professors	376	175	.47
Conversation with someone who was there	509	62	.12