Aineiston nimi

Finnish Science Barometer 2010

Aineistonumero

FSD2606

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2606

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Kiljunen, Pentti (Yhdyskuntatutkimus)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey studied Finnish public opinion on science and research, scientific-technical development, and sources of scientific information.

The respondents rated their interest in following various subject areas in the media (e.g. culture and arts, sports, economy, politics, science and research), and interest in specific scientific and research issues (e.g. new scientific innovations, medicine, information technology, space research or history research). The importance of various sources of information on science and scientific development was surveyed. The respondents were asked to name one present-day and one former prominent Finnish scientist, as well as an invention or accomplishment of Finnish science.

One question explored trust in various institutions: Parliament, the church, trade unions, the media, armed forces, universities, the European Union, main research funders etc. Views were probed on how well certain aspects of science (for instance, quality of research, ethical issues, science funding, usefulness of science to everyday life) have been taken care of in Finland. The respondents were asked whether science can solve certain problems or help mankind (e.g. find a cure for cancer, raise the standard of living, eradicate hunger from the world, promote peace, happiness, security or democracy, decrease unemployment).

The survey also carried a number of attitudinal statements on science and research. Statements covered, for instance, co-operation between universities and businesses, scientific information in the media, alternative medicine, relationship between science and religion, vivisection, genetic engineering, use of scientific information in decision-making, science funding and its allocation, science and research policy, impact of scientific and technological development, university policy, arts and humanities, ethics.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age group, size of the municipality of residence, region, basic and vocational education, field of education, economic activity and occupational status.

Asiasanat

attitudes; research; science; scientific research

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Biotechnology (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Information technology (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Educational policy (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Finnish Science Barometers

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Yhdyskuntatutkimus

Tuottajat

• Tieteen tiedotus ry

Ajallinen kattavuus

2010

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2010-06-14 – 2010-09-01

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged 18 - 70 living in Finland (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Simple random

Simple random sampling. A sample of 5,000 persons was randomly selected from the population register.

The first postal round, sent to the 5,000 sampled persons, yielded 968 adequately filled questionnaires. The number of obtained responses was lower that the set objective of one thousand respondents. Therefore, a reminder letter was sent to 1,000 persons of the original sample, regardless of whether they had responded earlier or not. The second round yielded 63 adequately filled questionnaires. As the reminder was not sent to all persons in the sample, the response rate is not reported (though calculated directly it is 20,6% of the whole sample).

Sampling compared to the previous rounds of this survey series: this round had a larger sample while more resources had been devoted to follow-up procedures for non-respondents in the previous rounds.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: englanti ja suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Havaintojen ja muuttujien lukumäärä

143 muuttujaa ja 1031 havaintoa.

Datan versio

2.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The data are fairly representative of the population in terms of key demographic, social and regional factors. In terms of education, the highly educated are slightly overrepresented. In terms of gender, women are slightly overrepresented.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Kiljunen, Pentti (Yhdyskuntatutkimus): Finnish Science Barometer 2010 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-20). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2606

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Tiedebarometri 2010. Tutkimus suomalaisten suhtautumisesta tieteeseen ja tieteellis-tekniseen kehitykseen. Helsinki: Tieteen tiedotus ry, 2010. Saatavissa: http://www.yhdyskuntatutkimus.fi/tb4/tiedebaro4.htm [viitattu 5.9.2023]

Julkaisut aineistosta

Tiedebarometri 2010. Tutkimus suomalaisten suhtautumisesta tieteeseen ja tieteellis-tekniseen kehitykseen (2010). Helsinki : Tieteen tiedotus ry. http://www.yhdyskuntatutkimus.fi/tb4/tiedebaro4.htm [viitattu 23.2.2024]

Summary of the Finnish Science Barometer 2010. A study of the Finns' attitudes towards science and their opinions on scientific and technological progress. Helsinki: Finnish Society for Scientific Information. http://www.yhdyskuntatutkimus.fi/tb4/english4.htm [cited 5.9.2023]