worda

Source

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

Details

Question 1612. We would like to know something about how people go about guessing words they do not know. On this card are listed some words--you may know some of them, and you may not know quite a few of them. On each line the first word is in capital letters like BEAST. Then there are five other words. Tell me the number of the word that comes closest to the meaning of the word in capital letters. For example, if the word in capital letters is BEAST, you would say "4" since "animal" come closer to BEAST than any of the other words. If you wish, I will read the words to you. These words are difficult for almost everyone just give me your best guess if you are not sure of the answer.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yeariapcorrect answerincorrect answerno answernot available in this yearTotal
19721613----1613
19731504----1504
1974-111629375-1484
19751490----1490
1976-1198194107-1499
19771530----1530
1978-118527473-1532
19801468----1468
1982-1384311165-1860
19831599----1599
1984-1124244105-1473
19851534----1534
19861470----1470
1987-1324306189-1819
1988493711175102-1481
198953176817266-1537
199044467016296-1372
199149382711681-1517
199352680917299-1606
199410151563243171-2992
19969441562266132-2904
199814451115158114-2832
200013981125157137-2817
20022765----2765
20041340116826044-2812
200630411162207100-4510
200884594119443-2023
2010614110926259-2044
2012672101223951-1974
2014863133629643-2538
2016979148934554-2867
2018789120233126-2348
2021----40324032
2022237785726248-3544
Total337822675756392180403272390

Values

  • 0 incorrect answer

  • 1 correct answer

  • 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(q) 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