Science Barometer 2020
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7639 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13769
Abstract: With the Science Barometer, Wissenschaft im Dialog has been collecting population-representative data on the attitudes of citizens in Germany towards science and research every year since 2014. The aim is to contribute to a fact-based discourse on the relationship between science and the public and targeted science communication by collecting, processing and communicating the results. Accordingly, the questionnaire of the Science Barometer contains questions on cognitive attitudes such as interest and informedness and the information behaviour of the respondents on topics from science and rese ... more Content: 1. Interest and information behaviour on science and research topics: Interest in the topics of politics, technology and new technologies, local affairs and science and research; frequency of contact on the internet with the topics of science and research; frequency of use of various information channels about science and research on the internet ( ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 03.11.2020 - 09.11.2020
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: German-speaking resident population aged 14 and over in private households
Number of Units: 1016
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
Sampling according to ADM (Arbeitskreise Deutscher Marktforschungsinstitute) based on the Gabler-Häder method; telephone numbers not listed were also taken into account, random sample was carried out within the selected households.
Combined fixed-network and mobile phone sample (dual-frame approach)
Ratio of fixed netw ... more Temporal Research Design: Cross-section Analysis Unit: Individual Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI);
Data Collector: Kantar, Bielefeld
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 78
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Weißkopf, Markus - Wissenschaft im Dialog, Berlin | Ziegler, Ricarda - Wissenschaft im Dialog, Berlin | Kremer, Bastian - Wissenschaft im Dialog, Berlin
Publication year: 2021
DOI: 10.4232/1.13769
Study number: ZA7639
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2021-07-08, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13769
Version history: ... more Study group: Wissenschaftsbarometer |
show all hits of the groupSince 2014, Wissenschaft im Dialog has been using the science barometer to collect population-representative data on the attitudes of German citizens towards science and research on an annual basis. The aim is to contribute to a fact-based discourse on the relationship between science and the public and targeted science communication by collecting, ... moreGESIS Community Data |
show all hits of the groupGESIS Community Data contains German and international research data that have been specially prepared for secondary analysis and academic teaching. These are studies that have been donated to GESIS by the scientific community and are processed by us in the spirit of open science. The collection constantly expands and contains data from six decades ... more 
