Harris 1987 biotechnology and genetic engineering survey [electronic resource].

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Data file
Language
English
Published/​Created
[Chapel Hill, N.C. : Louis Harris and Associates, 1987.]

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    Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
    Summary note
    This study focuses on the state of the public's knowledge and concern with genetic engineering and biotechnology. Questions were asked on science and technology, organ transplants, robots and automation, solar energy, nuclear power, effect of technological developments on the environment, acid rain, greenhouse effect, cross-fertilization, and cross-breeding, gene splicing, hybrid plants and animals, and genetic alterations.
    Notes
    • Title from the DSS website (viewed on Oct. 29, 2010).
    • Data accessible via the Data and Statistical Services (DSS) website.
    • "Harris Study no. 863012."
    System details
    Mode of access: Internet.
    Information about documentation
    Accompanied by a printed codebook.
    Case file characteristics
    • Number of units: 1273 adults nationwide.
    • Type of unit: Random digit dial (random multi-stage cluster sampling design).
    Methodology note
    • Type of study: telephone survey.
    • Universe: U.S. adults in households with telephones.
    Also known as
    • Public attitudes toward science, biotechnology and genetic engineering poll, 1987
    OCLC
    177322715
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