How scientific: economics

econsci

Source

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

Details

Question Please look at Card B20. How scientific are each of the following fields? If you have not heard of a particular field, just say you haven't heard of it F. Economics. Is economics very scientific, pretty scientific, not too scientific, or not scientific at all?

Values

• [1] very scientific

• [2] pretty scientific

• [3] not too scientific

• [4] not scientific at all

• [5] haven't heard of it (volunteered)

• [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
B/C	2006, 2012

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	very scientific	pretty scientific	not too scientific	not scientific at all	haven't heard of it (volunteered)	don't know	no answer	Total
2006	2646	299	648	579	243	23	68	4	4510
2012	1477	76	179	142	67	5	24	4	1974
Total	4123	375	827	721	310	28	92	8	6484

See also

Other Science Knowledge & Attitudes: accntsci, biosci, engnrsci, knwecon, knwforgn, knwgw, knwpolar, knwsci, medsci

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