Benefits of sci research outweigh harmful results (with volunteered response on

scibnftsv

Source

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

Details

Question Now for another type of question. People have frequently noted that scientific research has produced benefits and harmful results. Would you say that, on balance, the benefits of scientific research have outweighed the harmful results, or have the harmful results of scientific research been greater than its benefits?

Values

• [1] benefits greater

• [2] about equal (phone mode only: volunteered)

• [3] harmful results greater

• [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	2021

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	benefits greater	about equal (phone mode only: volunteered)	harmful results greater	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	not available in this year	Total
2021	2159	1078	698	62	12	1	22	-	4032
Total	2159	1078	698	62	12	1	22	0	4032