Sci research is strongly in favor of harmful results

balneg

Source

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

Details

Question Now for another type of question. People have frequently noted that scientific research has produced benefits and harmful results. Would you say that, on balance, the benefits of scientific research have outweighed the harmful results, or have the harmful results of scientific research been greater than its benefits? B. Would you say that the balance has been strongly in favor of the harmful results, or only slightly?

Values

1 strongly in favor
2 slightly in favor
NA(d) don't know / NA(i) iap / NA(j) I don't have a job / NA(m) dk, na, iap / NA(n) no answer / NA(p) not imputable / NA(r) refused / NA(s) skipped on web / NA(u) uncodeable / NA(x) not available in this release / NA(y) not available in this year / NA(z) see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

year	ballots	availability
2006	B/C/-	partial
2008	A/B/C	full
2010	A/C/-	partial
2012	B/C/-	partial
2014	B/C/-	partial
2016	A/B/-	partial
2018	A/B/-	partial
2021	B/C/-	partial

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