1. Questionnaire
1. What age group do belong to?
16-18
19-22
22-25
Over 25
2. Do you trust scientific methods?
Yes
No
If NO please state why
3. What part of science interests you? E.g. Biology, Chemistry, Forensics etc.
4. The latest scientific article you read?
5. Do you trust the media’s perception on science?
Yes
No
Do you think it portrays it in a positive way? Please explain your answer
Yes
No
Do you think science is making people lazy?
Yes
No
How would you define science?
Does science get enough credit for its contributions?
Explanation
I chose the above questions because it enables me to understand the public perception of
science in the process making it possible to make a convincing judgement based on their age
group. The first question allows me to access the response I receive from the survey
because people between the ages 16 to 18 are more likely to be addicted to the internet.
Therefore, all their scientific research and ideas will be from either ordinary blogs or social
media websites such as twitter and Facebook which couldn’t be trusted. Whiles people from
19 years and above are so many mature and may be having a higher education. Therefore
their response to these questions may be very reliable and to some extent trusted.
2. 90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
what age group do belong to
The graph shows people between the ages of 16 to 19 that took the survey took part in this
survey than any of the other age groups.
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Do you trust scientific metods
Yes No
Do you trust scientific metods
0
16-19 19-22 22-25 over 25
what age group do belong
to
3. 76.5
76
75.5
75
74.5
74
73.5
73
Do you trust the media's perception
on science
Yes No
Do you trust the media's
perception on science
The two data’s above shows an enormous amount of people who chose the answer YES and
considering the fact that most of the participants in this survey are teenagers. Teenagers tend to
acquire most of their scientific knowledge from social network sites so many of them barely have
any idea about what is going on in the world of science.
