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Ryerson Project Item 116

I believe free speech is under threat in the United States.

American adults' average (mean) response was 7.21 on a scale of 0 (Disagree) to 10 (Agree). 91 responses have been collected (so far) from 2026-06-29 to 2026-09-16.

Descriptive Statistics

Mean7.21
Median8.00
Standard deviation2.85
N91
Standard error0.298

All-Time Distribution

Response 0: 2 Response 1: 2 Response 2: 4 Response 3: 4 Response 4: 3 Response 5: 12 Response 6: 7 Response 7: 5 Response 8: 12 Response 9: 11 Response 10: 29 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 29 Agreement (0 = maximum disagreement, 10 = maximum agreement) Count

Comparison to Other Items

This item does not yet have 100 total observations, so item-to-item rank comparison is not shown.

Monthly Trend

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0% 50% 100% 0 5 10 2026-06 response 0: 0.0% 2026-06 response 1: 0.0% 2026-06 response 2: 0.0% 2026-06 response 3: 0.0% 2026-06 response 4: 0.0% 2026-06 response 5: 0.0% 2026-06 response 6: 0.0% 2026-06 response 7: 0.0% 2026-06 response 8: 0.0% 2026-06 response 9: 0.0% 2026-06 response 10: 100.0% 2026-07 response 0: 0.0% 2026-07 response 1: 0.0% 2026-07 response 2: 0.0% 2026-07 response 3: 0.0% 2026-07 response 4: 0.0% 2026-07 response 5: 13.5% 2026-07 response 6: 8.1% 2026-07 response 7: 10.8% 2026-07 response 8: 13.5% 2026-07 response 9: 16.2% 2026-07 response 10: 37.8% 2026-08 response 0: 5.3% 2026-08 response 1: 2.6% 2026-08 response 2: 7.9% 2026-08 response 3: 5.3% 2026-08 response 4: 2.6% 2026-08 response 5: 15.8% 2026-08 response 6: 7.9% 2026-08 response 7: 2.6% 2026-08 response 8: 13.2% 2026-08 response 9: 13.2% 2026-08 response 10: 23.7% 2026-09 response 0: 0.0% 2026-09 response 1: 6.7% 2026-09 response 2: 6.7% 2026-09 response 3: 13.3% 2026-09 response 4: 13.3% 2026-09 response 5: 6.7% 2026-09 response 6: 6.7% 2026-09 response 7: 0.0% 2026-09 response 8: 13.3% 2026-09 response 9: 0.0% 2026-09 response 10: 33.3% Jun 2026 Jul 2026 Aug 2026 Sep 2026 Observation month Percent of responses Monthly mean

Observed Trend

Annual trend estimation is shown once this item has 100 or more observations across more than one observation date.