Shld pay attntn only to theory accepted by leading scientists

leadsci

Source

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

Details

Question I’m going to read to you some statements like those you might find in a newspaper or magazine article. For each statement, please tell me if you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree. F. Government decision makers should pay attention only to those scientific theories that have been accepted by most leading scientists.

Values

• 1 strongly agree

• 2 agree

• 3 disagree

• 4 strongly disagree

• 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

Link at the GSS

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

See also

Other Science Knowledge & Attitudes: advfront, bettrlfe, newsfrom, nextgen, scifrom, scispec, seeksci, toofast, whichsci