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Public Perceptions of Biotechnology: Another Look

Bio/Technology volume 14, pages 35–38 (1996)Cite this article

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A survey of New Jersey residents calls into question what the public really thinks about genetically engineered products

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  1. The complete text of this study, Public Perceptions of Agricultural Biotechnology: A Survey of New Jersey Residents, is available on-line from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library (Beltsville, MD) at http://www.inform.umd.edu/edres/topic/agrenv/biotech. Copies are also available by writing to the author.

  2. Office of Technology Assessment. 1987. New Directions in Biotechnology—Background Paper: Public Perceptions of Biotechnology. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office

  3. Hoban, T.J., and Kendall, P.A. 1992. Consumer Attitudes About the Use of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Food Production. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University.

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  4. The survey was conducted with a random sample of 604 New Jersey residents over the age of 18. The percentages reported in this survey are estimates of what the distribution of responses would be if the entire population of the state of New Jersey had been interviewed. “Sampling error” describes the probable difference between interviewing everyone in a particular population and a sample drawn from that population. The sampling error associated with a statewide sample of 600 people is approximately ± 4.0 at a 95% confidence interval. Thus, if 35% of those interviewed agreed with a particular statement, the number of people in the state of New Jersey who would agree is between 31% and 39% (35 ± 4.0), 95 out of 100 times.

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Hallman, W. Public Perceptions of Biotechnology: Another Look. Nat Biotechnol 14, 35–38 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0196-35

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