What it means to r to study scientifically

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Source

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

Question 1040. In your own words, could you tell me what it means to study something scientifically?

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	classification	do experiments, control group	don't know	formulation of theories, test hypotheses	measurement	no answer	redundancies/incorrect	rigorous, systematic comparison	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	2995	400	165	127	206	292	14	218	93	-	4510
2008	849	327	112	93	125	197	23	215	82	-	2023
2010	1480	176	43	46	57	72	13	110	47	-	2044
2012	1222	262	58	65	71	76	19	164	37	-	1974
2014	1572	358	111	54	105	46	26	177	89	-	2538
2016	1766	337	114	80	119	116	25	232	78	-	2867
2018	1418	262	85	71	117	158	10	126	101	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	61844	2122	688	536	800	957	130	1242	527	6853	75699