Sci knowledge: the universe began with a huge explosion

bigbang

Source

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

Details

Question Now, I would like to ask you a few short questions like those you might see on a television game show. for each statement that I read, please tell me if it is true or false. If you don't know or aren't sure, just tell me so, and we will skip to the next question. Remember true, false, or don't know. G. The universe began with a huge explosion. (Is that true or false?)

Values

[1] true
[2] false
[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

ballots	years
A/-/-	2016, 2018
A/B/C	2008
A/C/-	2010
B/C/-	2006, 2012, 2014

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for bigbang.

Counts by year:

year	iap	true	false	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	2646	590	633	639	2	-	4510
2008	518	482	606	402	15	-	2023
2010	1103	345	316	277	3	-	2044
2012	1457	195	163	156	3	-	1974
2014	1299	510	437	288	4	-	2538
2016	2410	179	161	111	6	-	2867
2018	1944	153	146	103	2	-	2348
Total	11377	2454	2462	1976	35	0	18304