Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 1998 - Science, Technology, and Faith, Clergy

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DNA Use the space below to briefly describe, in your own words, what is DNA?   1) Textbook-dictionary definition   2) Vague but accurate definition   3) Too vague to be meaningful   4) Inaccurate-wrong definition

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Textbook-dictionary definition	159	16.3%	16.3%	-1.59
Vague but accurate definition	479	49%	65.2%	-.3
Too vague to be meaningful	291	29.8%	95%	.98
Inaccurate-wrong definition	49	5%	100%	2.27

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Textbook-dictionary definition	21.4% 40	15.2% 119	16.4% 159
Vague but accurate definition	47.1% 88	49.3% 386	48.9% 474
Too vague to be meaningful	27.8% 52	30.3% 237	29.8% 289
Inaccurate-wrong definition	3.7% 7	5.2% 41	4.9% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 783	970

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Textbook-dictionary definition	16.6% 142	14.2% 16	16.4% 158
Vague but accurate definition	48.9% 417	50.4% 57	49.1% 474
Too vague to be meaningful	29.4% 251	31.9% 36	29.7% 287
Inaccurate-wrong definition	5.0% 43	3.5% 4	4.9% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 853	100.0% 113	966

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Textbook-dictionary definition	21.2% 39	13.7% 37	15.5% 56	17.6% 27	16.4% 159
Vague but accurate definition	52.7% 97	46.3% 125	46.8% 169	52.9% 81	48.8% 472
Too vague to be meaningful	22.3% 41	35.9% 97	31.6% 114	24.2% 37	29.9% 289
Inaccurate-wrong definition	3.8% 7	4.1% 11	6.1% 22	5.2% 8	5.0% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 270	100.0% 361	100.0% 153	968

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Textbook-dictionary definition	16.4% 95	18.3% 31	14.6% 30	12.5% 1	16.3% 157
Vague but accurate definition	49.6% 288	50.9% 86	45.6% 94	37.5% 3	48.9% 471
Too vague to be meaningful	29.6% 172	25.4% 43	33.5% 69	50.0% 4	29.9% 288
Inaccurate-wrong definition	4.5% 26	5.3% 9	6.3% 13	0.0% 0	5.0% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 581	100.0% 169	100.0% 206	100.0% 8	964

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Textbook-dictionary definition	7.7% 2	16.8% 61	16.3% 78	18.4% 18	16.4% 159
Vague but accurate definition	53.8% 14	50.5% 184	47.3% 227	49.0% 48	48.9% 473
Too vague to be meaningful	30.8% 8	27.7% 101	31.3% 150	29.6% 29	29.8% 288
Inaccurate-wrong definition	7.7% 2	4.9% 18	5.2% 25	3.1% 3	5.0% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 364	100.0% 480	100.0% 98	968

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Textbook-dictionary definition	16.4% 21	20.7% 67	13.5% 57	16.9% 13	16.6% 158
Vague but accurate definition	53.1% 68	51.2% 166	47.3% 200	37.7% 29	48.6% 463
Too vague to be meaningful	30.5% 39	24.7% 80	33.3% 141	29.9% 23	29.7% 283
Inaccurate-wrong definition	0.0% 0	3.4% 11	5.9% 25	15.6% 12	5.0% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 128	100.0% 324	100.0% 423	100.0% 77	952

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Textbook-dictionary definition	16.7% 156	0.0% 0	10.0% 2	16.4% 158
Vague but accurate definition	49.5% 462	18.2% 2	45.0% 9	49.0% 473
Too vague to be meaningful	29.7% 277	63.6% 7	15.0% 3	29.7% 287
Inaccurate-wrong definition	4.2% 39	18.2% 2	30.0% 6	4.9% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 934	100.0% 11	100.0% 20	965