What it means to r to study scientifically

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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Question 1040. In your own words, could you tell me what it means to study something scientifically?

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	classification	do experiments, control group	don't know	formulation of theories, test hypotheses	measurement	no answer	redundancies/incorrect	rigorous, systematic comparison	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	2995	400	165	127	206	292	14	218	93	4510
2008	849	327	112	93	125	197	23	215	82	2023
2010	1480	176	43	46	57	72	13	110	47	2044
2012	1222	262	58	65	71	76	19	164	37	1974
2014	1572	358	111	54	105	46	26	177	89	2538
2016	1766	337	114	80	119	116	25	232	78	2867
2018	1418	262	85	71	117	158	10	126	101	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	3544	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544
Total	65388	2122	688	536	800	957	130	1242	527	72390