Sci knowledge: lasers work by focusing sound waves

lasers

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. D. Lasers work by focusing sound waves. (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/B/-	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 lasers.

Counts by year:

year	iap	true	false	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	2646	341	824	698	1	-	4510
2008	518	345	727	422	11	-	2023
2010	1103	181	439	319	2	-	2044
2012	972	237	456	301	8	-	1974
2014	1299	253	589	396	1	-	2538
2016	1477	347	619	411	13	-	2867
2018	1173	255	522	394	4	-	2348
Total	9188	1959	4176	2941	40	0	18304