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| | <li>I have a deep understanding of the field</li> | | <li>I have a deep understanding of the field</li> |
| | </li> | | </li> |
| - | 5. Which of the following have led to your understanding of synthetic biology?
| + | <li>Which of the following have led to your understanding of synthetic biology? |
| - | a. Television news
| + | <ul><li>Television news</li> |
| - | b. Newspaper articles
| + | <li>Newspaper articles</li> |
| - | c. Internet articles
| + | <li>Internet articles</li> |
| - | d. School or university
| + | <li>School or university</li> |
| - | e. Friends and family
| + | <li>Friends and family</li> |
| - | 6. In your opinion genetic engineering is:
| + | </li> |
| - | a. Unethical
| + | <li>In your opinion genetic engineering is: |
| - | b. Ethical but necessary
| + | <ul> |
| - | c. Ethical and very useful for humanity
| + | <li>Unethical</li> |
| - | d. I have conflicting opinions
| + | <li>Ethical but necessary</li> |
| - | 7. Would you ever use a medicine if it was a genetically engineered bacterium?
| + | <li>Ethical and very useful for humanity</li> |
| - | 8. As a member of the public do you feel that scientists, in general, approach technologies such as stem cell research, genetic engineering and synthetic biology:
| + | <li>I have conflicting opinions</li> |
| - | a. Ethically
| + | </li> |
| - | b. Neutrally
| + | <li>Would you ever use a medicine if it was a genetically engineered bacterium?</li> |
| - | c. Unethically
| + | <li>As a member of the public do you feel that scientists, in general, approach technologies such as stem cell research, genetic engineering and synthetic biology: |
| - | 9. As a member of the public, do you feel that new advance in science are communicated to you in an understandable way?
| + | <ul> |
| - | 10. Which of the following areas do you consider most important for humanity?
| + | <li>Ethically</li> |
| - | a. Agriculture, food and beverage
| + | <li>Neutrally</li> |
| - | b. Health and Medicine
| + | <li>Unethically</li> |
| - | c. Computer science and mathematics
| + | </li> |
| - | d. Engineering and architecture
| + | <li>As a member of the public, do you feel that new advance in science are communicated to you in an understandable way?</li> |
| - | e. Sociology and philosophy
| + | <li>Which of the following areas do you consider most important for humanity? |
| - | f. Education
| + | <ul> |
| - | g. History and politics
| + | <li>Agriculture, food and beverage</li> |
| - | | + | <li>Health and Medicine</li> |
| | + | <li>Computer science and mathematics</li> |
| | + | <li>Engineering and architecture</li> |
| | + | <li>Sociology and philosophy</li> |
| | + | <li>Education</li> |
| | + | <li>History and politics</li> |
| | + | </li> |
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| | <h2>Analysis of results</h2> | | <h2>Analysis of results</h2> |
Survey
Introduction
As an attempt to interact with the public, and to promote a conversation around the topics of synthetic biology and genetic engineering, a simple survey was conducted.
The online survey tool, surveymonkey was used to design, distribute and collect responses from the survey.
The survey, which can be found here attempts to glean an understanding of public opinion towards the field of synthetic biology.
The Survey
The survey consists of ten simple questions:
- How old are you?
- What is your highest level of education?
- To what religious denomination do you belong?
- How would you rate your understanding of "synthetic biology"?
- I have no idea what it is
- I have some idea of what it may entail
- I know what it is
- I have a deep understanding of the field
- Which of the following have led to your understanding of synthetic biology?
- Television news
- Newspaper articles
- Internet articles
- School or university
- Friends and family
- In your opinion genetic engineering is:
- Unethical
- Ethical but necessary
- Ethical and very useful for humanity
- I have conflicting opinions
- Would you ever use a medicine if it was a genetically engineered bacterium?
- As a member of the public do you feel that scientists, in general, approach technologies such as stem cell research, genetic engineering and synthetic biology:
- Ethically
- Neutrally
- Unethically
- As a member of the public, do you feel that new advance in science are communicated to you in an understandable way?
- Which of the following areas do you consider most important for humanity?
- Agriculture, food and beverage
- Health and Medicine
- Computer science and mathematics
- Engineering and architecture
- Sociology and philosophy
- Education
- History and politics
Analysis of results
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