Module: Public Understanding of Science

This page lists the questions asked within the Public Understanding of Science module, and for which years. Clicking on the year printed after every question will bring you to the results for that year. Publications and further information on Public Understanding of Science can be found on the Public Understanding of Science Resources page.

SPORTNW: Are you interested in sports in the news? 1998

POLITNW: Are you interested in politics in the news? 1998

MEDICNW: Are you interested in new medical discoveries in the news? 1998

FILMNW: Are you interested in new films in the news? 1998

INVENNW: Are you interested in new inventions and technologies in the news? 1998

DISCNW: Are you interested in new scientific discoveries in the news? 1998

NATURTV: Would you watch a programme on television about animals and wildlife? 1998

STARTV: Would you watch a programme on television about stars and planets? 1998

INVENTV: Would you watch a programme on television about new inventions and technology? 1998

MEDICTV: Would you watch a programme on television about advances in medicine? 1998

ALEVENGL: Would you advise a 16 year old to study for A-level English? 1998

ALEVMATH: Would you advise a 16 year old to study for A-level Maths? 1998

ALEVHIST: Would you advise a 16 year old to study for A-level History? 1998

ALEVGEOG: Would you advise a 16 year old to study for A-level Geography? 1998

ALEVFREN: Would you advise a 16 year old to study for A-level French? 1998

ALEVGERM: Would you advise a 16 year old to study for A-level German? 1998

ALEVECON: Would you advise a 16 year old to study for A-level Economics? 1998

ALEVBIOL: Would you advise a 16 year old to study for A-level Biology? 1998

ALEVPHYS: Would you advise a 16 year old to study for A-level Physics? 1998

ALEVCHEM: Would you advise a 16 year old to study for A-level Chemistry? 1998

ALEVCOMP: Would you advise a 16 year old to study for A-level Computer Studies? 1998

ALEVDESI: Would you advise a 16 year old to study for A-level Design and Technology? 1998

ALEVNONE: Would you advise a 16 year old not to study for A-levels? 1998

ALEVOTH: Would you advise a 16 year old to study other subjects for A-level? 1998

ZOOVST: How many times have you visited a zoo, aquarium, safari park or wildlife park in the last 12 months? 1998

MUSEVST: How many times have you visited a science, technology or natural history museum or science centre in the last 12 months? 1998

LECTVST: How many times have you attended a science festival or a lecture or evening class on a scientific subject in the last 12 months? 1998

FAIRVST: How many times have you attended a technological, computer or electronic show or fair in the last 12 months? 1998

WHATSCI: What do you think it means to study something scientifically? 1998

LIFEBET: Do you agree that science and technology are making our lives healthier, easier and more comfortable? 1998

DEPSCI: Do you agree that we depend too much on science and not enough on faith? 1998

BENFSCI: Do you agree that the benefits of science are greater than any harmful effects? 1998

TOOFAST: Do you agree that science makes our way of life change too fast? 1998

SCINIMP: Do you agree that it is not important to know about science in daily life? 1998

HOROSCOP: Do you read a horoscope or a personal astrology report? 1998

HOROSER: How seriously do you take what a horoscope or personal astrology report says? 1998

DRUGTEST: How would scientists investigate high blood pressure? 1998

SCIQUIZ1: Is it true that the centre of the earth is very hot? 1998

SCIQUIZ2: Is it true that lasers work by focusing sound waves? 1998

SCIQUIZ3: Is it true that the father's gene decides whether the baby is a boy or a girl? 1998

SCIQUIZ4: Is it true that antibiotics kill viruses as well as bacteria? 1998

SCIQUIZ5: Does the earth go round the sun, or the sun go round the earth? 1998

EVOLVE: Did human beings develop from earlier species of animals? 1998

SCIQUIZ7: Is DNA related to the study of stars, rocks, living things or computers? 1998

SCISPEND: Who spends most on scientific research? 1998

PROBAB1: If three children, none will have inherited illness. 1998

PROBAB2: If first child has inherited illness, the next three will not. 1998

PROBAB3: Each child has same risk of suffering from inherited illness. 1998

PROBAB4: If first three children are healthy, the fourth child will have inherited illness. 1998

BSEDISAG: Why do scientists disagree about whether BSE makes it dangerous to eat British beef? 1998

BSECONFM: Whose statement on BSE do you trust most? 1998

BSECONFN: Whose statement on BSE do you trust next? 1998

BSECONFL: Whose statement on BSE do you trust least? 1998

NUCDISAG: Why do scientists disagree about the threat of nuclear power stations? 1998

NUCCONFM: Whose statement on nuclear power stations do you trust most? 1998

NUCCONFN: Whose statement on nuclear power stations do you trust next? 1998

NUCCONL: Whose statement on nuclear power stations do you trust least? 1998

DNAINSUR: How likely is it that genetic information will be used when getting health or life insurance within the next 25 years? 1998

DNAJOB: How likely is it that genetic information will be used when getting a job within the next 25 years? 1998

DNACREDT: How likely is it that genetic information will be used when getting credit at the bank within the next 25 years? 1998

 

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