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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
ONS Omnibus Survey, July 2000
Variable Details
| Variable | m263_1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | How sure would you need to be to find the defendant guilty beyond reasonable doubt? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | At the end of the trial, before the members of a jury leave the courtroom to go and make their decision, they are given instructions by the judge on how to reach their verdict. This is what the judge says: Only convict if the prosecution have made you sure of the defendant's guilt, which is the same as proving the case beyond reasonable doubt. Looking at this card, if you were on a jury and were told this, how sure would you need to be to find the defendant guilty? Please tell me as precisely as possible where on this percentage scale you would be. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | ONS Omnibus Survey, July 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | SHOWCARD C263.1 PROBE FOR EXACT NUMBER/PERCENTAGE, IF RESPONDENT CAN ONLY GIVE A RANGE, ENTER 997 AND INPUT RANGE AT NEXT QUESTION. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | Location of units of observation: National;Population: Adults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study; monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter. |
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