{"id":74047,"date":"2012-09-23T14:54:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T22:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/gnxp\/?p=18435"},"modified":"2012-09-23T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T22:54:11","slug":"reader-survey-results-biologists-vs-non-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.razib.com\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/23\/reader-survey-results-biologists-vs-non-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Reader survey results, biologists vs. non-scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are now over 400 responses to the survey. Here is a link<\/a> to the responses in CSV format. If you import this into R, an extra parameter in regards to encoding may be necessary:<\/p>\n

responses=read.csv(“responses.csv”,sep=”\\t”,header=TRUE,fileEncoding = “UCS-2LE”)<\/p>\n

I decided to separate the respondents into two categories, biologists and non-scientists (therefore, excluding other types of scientists from further analysis). You can see the filtered responses for biologists<\/a> and non-scientists<\/a> yourself. Below are some comments on interesting differences.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Non-scientists<\/strong>
\nBiologists<\/strong><\/p>\n

Completed Doctorate
\n57
\n19<\/p>\n

Completed University
\n23
\n38<\/p>\n

Feminist
\n36
\n46<\/p>\n

Important to prenatala screen?
\n83
\n75<\/p>\n

Abort if 90% chance Down syndrome?
\n79
\n83<\/p>\n

Abort if 90% chance 80 IQ?
\n58
\n54<\/p>\n

GMO should be labeled
\n45
\n39<\/p>\n

Drink every day
\n16
\n30<\/p>\n

Never drink
\n13
\n3<\/p>\n

Non-environmental race differences in personality
\n64
\n54<\/p>\n

Non-environmental race differences in intelligence
\n69
\n57<\/p>\n

Non-environmental sex differences in personality
\n85
\n77<\/p>\n

Non-environmental sex differences in intelligence
\n58
\n39<\/p>\n

Overpopulation is a major problem we are neglecting
\n28
\n44<\/p>\n

Believe in policy responses to fertility differences across groups
\n33
\n13<\/p>\n

Gattaca is unrealistic
\n28
\n41<\/p>\n

Blogs read regularly<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Bad Astronomy
\n26
\n24<\/p>\n

Cosmic Variance
\n19
\n15<\/p>\n

Loom
\n22
\n32<\/p>\n

Ed Yong
\n24
\n47<\/p>\n

Pharyngula
\n16
\n24<\/p>\n

Why Evolution is True
\n15
\n28<\/p>\n

Marginal Revolution
\n36
\n18<\/p>\n

Kevin Drum
\n11
\n3<\/p>\n

Instapundit
\n14
\n6<\/p>\n

Steve Sailer
\n48
\n26<\/p>\n

Matt Yglesias
\n17
\n10<\/p>\n

DailyKos
\n7
\n7<\/p>\n

RedState
\n2
\n3<\/p>\n

Sandwalk
\n4
\n15<\/p>\n

John Hawks
\n43
\n43<\/p>\n

Dienekes
\n47
\n40<\/p>\n

Panda’s Thumb
\n8
\n3<\/p>\n

It makes sense that people who say they’re biologists tend to be very well educated. One thing not evident explicitly in the table is that the biologists who read this weblog tend to be more conventionally Left-liberal in their views, and I think that explains some of the differences in response to questions such as …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are now over 400 responses to the survey. Here is a link to the responses in CSV format. If you import this into R, an extra parameter in regards to encoding may be necessary:
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