Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 1998

Variable Details

VariableWHATSCI
LabelSCIENTIFIC STUDY
Responses
1 TO TEST EACH COMPONENT IN DETAIL 13
2 BASIC WORKING OF A SUBJECT 23
3 STUDY NATURAL WORLD APPLYING RATIONAL,LOGICAL METHODS 5
4 HOW THINGS EVOLVE 5
5 RESEARCH THROUGH TESTING 40
6 ABSORB ALL THE FACTS 10
7 DEVELOP THEORY & CARRY OUT EXPERIMENTS TESTING THE THEORY 20
10 USING STATISTICS TO CONCLUDE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 15
11 A BIT OF COMMON SENSE 1
12 MEDICAL CONDITION 1
13 MECHANICAL INVENTION 3
14 NEW INVENTION 9
15 EVENTUALLY TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM IT 7
16 NEW DISCOVERIES IN MEDICINE 21
17 AN EXPERIMENT WHICH HAS BEEN TESTED 9
18 TRIAL OF NEW INVENTIONS/DRUGS ETC & EXPERIMENTS 18
19 TO TEST HYPOTHESES USING STRICT SCIENTIFIC CONTROLS 8
20 AN INDEPTH STUDY BY SCIENTISTS 97
21 INVESTIGATION CARRIED OUT UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS 33
22 USE METHODICAOL APPROACH TO STUDY SOMETHING 5
23 STUDY HOW SOMETHING EVOLVED USING MICROSCOPES CHEMICALS ETC 8
24 GOING TO THE MOON IN SPACE SATELITE, WEATHER ETC 5
25 HEARD ON TV LIKE DNA & CLONING SHEEP & SPARE BODY PART 4
26 THINGS LOOKED AT BY SCIENTISTS TO PROVE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES 17
27 ITS THE KNOWLEDGE YOU GET BY EXPERIMENTS 12
28 SPACE TRAVEL MATTER LIFE FORMS OUTER SPACE 5
29 GOOD TO STUDY SCIENCE FOR A LEVELS 1
30 STUDY IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT RECORDING CAUSES & EFFECTS 10
31 TAKING A SURVEY & COMPARING RESULTS/TESTS 16
32 MEASURMENTS & CALCULATIONS USING EQUATIONS 1
33 TO READ BOOKS ABOUT SCIENCE 5
34 STUDY OF ASTRONOMY 5
35 LONG TERM STUDY IN A PARTICULAR AREA 2
36 SAMPLE STUDY 3
37 EXAMINE CLOSELY 3
38 TO STUDY THE PARANORMAL 1
39 LIKE STAR TREK & NASA 1
40 IDENTIFY AREA WHICH NEEDS STUDIED.FOCUS ON KEY ASPECTS 2
41 STUDY OF THE HUMAN BODY 1
42 STUDY SOMETHING IMPARTIALLY 1
43 STUDY MEANING & REASONING BEHIND THINGS 6
44 VERY FACTUALLY & OBJECTIVELY 5
45 ADVANCEMENT OF DISCOVERIES 2
46 GETTING PEOPLE OPINIONS 3
47 MARKETING 1
48 HOW IT PHYSICALLY REACTS 1
49 SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF RANGE OF SUBJECTS 4
50 FOLLOWING THROUGH DISCOVERIES TO COMMERCIAL USE 1
51 CRITICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON RATIONAL THINKING 2
52 FIND OUT ABOUT THE EXISTENCE ON EARTH ABOUT FOSSILS 3
53 TO PROVE SOMETHING BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT 3
54 STRUCTURED LEARNING 4
55 TO LOOK TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 5
56 EXAMINE DIFFERENCES IN SUBJECT TO GAIN TRUTH/FACT 16
57 STUDY SHOULD ALLOW MATTER TO BE REPLICATED FOR CONFIRMATION 1
58 TO LOOK AT ALL THE FACTS 17
59 TO SEE IF IT WILL DO GOOD FOR SOCIETY OR HARM THE PLANET 1
60 RESEARCH ABOUT THE FUTURE 2
61 TO STUDY PHYSICS, BIOLOGY, 5
62 SCIENCE FICTION THINGS 2
63 TESTING WHAT HAS BEEN FOUND-FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE 7
64 CLOSELY STUDYING ASPECTS OF LIFE 2
65 STUDYING THE AGE OF THINGS 1
66 SPENDING MONEY ON SCIENTIFIC STUDYS,HALF OF THEM ARE MADE UP 1
67 A STUDY IN SCIENCE 9
68 A RESEARCH PROGRAMME WITH TESTS AND RESULTS 6
69 TO FIGURE OUT THE CHEMICALS 1
70 STUDY IT IN A HOSPITAL 1
71 NUCLEAR STUDY 1
72 FORM A HYPOTHESIS & RANDOMISE TRIAL 2
73 SURVEYS & QUESTIONNAIRES 3
74 CARRYING OUT RESEARCH WITHOUT INVOLVING EMOTIONAL VIEWS 1
75 FACTS FROM POSSIBILITIES,ANALYSIS,SUMMARIES & OPINIONS 3
76 NEW BREAK THROUGHS IN MANKINDS DEVELOPMENTS, ETC 3
77 TO LOOK AT IT LOGICALLY 6
78 UNDERSTANDING THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS 3
79 BOUNDARIES ARE SET & ANSWERS ARE RESTRICTED 1
80 TO LOOK & UNDERSTAND CHANGES THROUGH SCIENTIFIC MEANS 2
81 CUT IT UP-DISECT & RESEARCH 1
82 CAREFULLY PLANNED STUDY WHERE ALL PARTS OF STUDY ARE SIMILAR 2
83 FINDINGS WAYS AROUND PROBLEMS 3
84 STUDY 2 GROUPS WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS-COMPARISONS 0
85 INVESTIGATION USING GROUPS OF THINGS TO COMPARE 2
86 BETTER TECHNOLOGY 3
87 ACADEMICS RESULTS BASED ON LARGE NUMBER OF TESTS 2
89 EXPLORATORY MEDICAL TESTS & PURSUANCE OF EDUCATION 2
90 SCIENTISTS HAVE INVESTIGATED IT & COME UP WITH A RESULTS 2
91 CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT DEMONSTRATING CASUAL RELATIONSHIP 1
92 LOOK HOW SOMETHING EFFECTS/WORKS IN ENVRIONMENT/LIFESTYLE 1
93 TO ASSES THE OUTCOME OF EXPERIMENTS 1
94 MEDICAL & TECHNOLOGY (ADVANCEMENT) 2
95 CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS OF QUALITATIVE STUDY 1
96 CARRY OUT SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS 7
97 TO CHECK ON OTHER PEOPLES FINDING & TRY OTHER EXPERIMENTS 2
100 HOW SOMETHING WORKS BY GOING TO THE SOURCE 1
999 NOT ANSWERED/REFUSED 275
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DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 1998
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 and over in Northern Ireland during 1998
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study