Public Opinion Survey Result in FY 2012

Opinion: Conducting science in the public eye

Doing science is usually hidden behinds the wall of the lab and universities, and thus immune from immediate public scrutiny. The current COVID-19 pandemic has dragged the scientific process and its fruits in the public eye. In this short piece, I attempt to discuss the effect of conducting science in the public eye on the public’s perception of science and scientists.

Summaries of Co - Funded Research , FY 2012

Treasurer’s Report for Financial Year (FY) 2012

whose revenues continue to increase, the society remains in outstanding financial health. Society membership increased during FY 2012: membership-only subscriptions increased from 456 in 2011 to 732 in 2012, while society membership + journal subscriptions increased from 239 in 2011 to 313 in 2012. The society used its income to publish its two journals, MBE and GBE, and to support its annual m...

Public opinion of organ donation: a survey in Iran.

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to assess the views of Tehran citizens in regard to donating their organs in case of brain death. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, conducted between February 2009 and November 2010, two interviewers contacted 1379 people through random digit dialing for phone interviews. Phone calls were made between 6 and 9 pmon a workday, and those reaching...

Reasons for Reason-giving in a Public-Opinion Survey

This paper explores why respondents to a telephone public-opinion survey often give reasons for answering as they do, even though reason-giving is neither required nor encouraged and it is difficult to see the reasons as attempts to deal with disagreement. We find that respondents give reasons for the policy claims they make in their answers three times as frequently as they give reasons for va...