medsci
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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 G. Medicine. Is medicine very scientific, pretty scientific, not too scientific, or not scientific at all?
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[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
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For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for medsci.
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 | not available in this year | Total |
| 2006 | 2646 | 1495 | 305 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 4 | - | 4510 |
| 2012 | 1477 | 407 | 63 | 7 | 5 | - | 11 | 4 | - | 1974 |
| Total | 4123 | 1902 | 368 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 6484 |