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Unit 5 - Perceptions of Science
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Unit 5 Assignment 2
Assignment 2: Science, the Media, and Public Perceptions
P2 Criteria
This questionnaire is to get an overview of how the public perceive science and what effects
it has on them in their day-to-day life. The topic on which this questionnaire is going to be
based around is the MMR vaccine. I would like to get your view and thoughts on the MMR
vaccine, through selecting the answers which you find most suited to your thoughts as an
individual. The MMR vaccine protects against 3 serious illnesses: measles, mumps, and
rubella (German measles).
Questionnaire
1. Age group (please circle the answer)
18-25
25-30
30-38
38-45
45+
2. Do you follow a religion? (please circle the answer)
Yes/No
3. Do you take into account scientific findings and facts when practising your religion?
(please circle the answer)
Yes/No
4. What is your perspective on how science is presented throughout the media?
(please circle the answer)
Good
Unfairly
Badly
5. How safe do you consider the MMR vaccine to be? (please circle the answer)
Safe
Unsafe
Unsure
Please explain why if you have circled safe/unsafe
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
, Unit 5 Assignment 2
6. Are you a parent/guardian? (please circle the answer)
Yes/No
7. Would you consider your children to ever have the MMR vaccine? (please circle the
answer)
Yes/No
If you have circled No, please explain why
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Results:
Question 1:
From the results of the
Age Group first question, we can
see that 37% of people
6% 18-25
19% who participated in the
13% 25-30
30-38 survey were 25-30yrs
38-45 old. The age group with
45+
the lowest percentage
25%
38% of 6%, were over the
age of 45yrs old.
Question 2:
From the pie chart we
Do you follow a religion ? can see that majority
of people, at a high
19% percentage of 81%, do
Yes
No follow a religion.
Whereas 19% of those
who participated in the
questionnaire, do not
follow a religion.
81%
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