What it means to r to study scientifically

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Source

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

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

[1] formulation of theories, test hypotheses
[2] do experiments, control group
[3] rigorous, systematic comparison
[4] measurement
[5] classification
[6] redundancies/incorrect
[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

Counts by year:

year	iap	formulation of theories, test hypotheses	do experiments, control group	rigorous, systematic comparison	measurement	classification	redundancies/incorrect	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	2995	206	165	93	292	400	218	127	14	-	4510
2008	849	125	112	82	197	327	215	93	23	-	2023
2010	1480	57	43	47	72	176	110	46	13	-	2044
2012	1222	71	58	37	76	262	164	65	19	-	1974
2014	1572	105	111	89	46	358	177	54	26	-	2538
2016	1766	119	114	78	116	337	232	80	25	-	2867
2018	1418	117	85	101	158	262	126	71	10	-	2348
Total	11302	800	688	527	957	2122	1242	536	130	0	18304