Science is too concerned with theory and speculation

scispec

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. E. Science is too concerned with theory and speculation to be of much use in making concrete government policy decisions that will affect the way we live.

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

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See also

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