| Table 7-12 |
| Perceptions of scientific nature of various fields: 2006 |
| (Percent) |
| |
| Field |
|
Very
scientific |
|
Pretty
scientific |
|
Not too
scientific |
|
Not at all
scientific |
|
Haven't
heard
of field |
|
Don't know |
| |
| Medicine |
|
81 |
|
16 |
|
1 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
1 |
| Biology |
|
70 |
|
24 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
— |
|
2 |
| Physics |
|
69 |
|
21 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
| Engineering |
|
45 |
|
32 |
|
11 |
|
7 |
|
— |
|
4 |
| Economics |
|
16 |
|
35 |
|
31 |
|
13 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
| Sociology |
|
8 |
|
41 |
|
29 |
|
9 |
|
8 |
|
6 |
| Accounting |
|
13 |
|
21 |
|
31 |
|
32 |
|
— |
|
3 |
| History |
|
10 |
|
21 |
|
37 |
|
29 |
|
— |
|
3 |
| |
— = ≤0.5% responded
NOTES: Responses to: How scientific is [field]? Detail may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: University of Chicago, National Opinion Research Center, General Social Survey (2006). See appendix table 7-27. Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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