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Misrepresentation of a nation: how not to research public attitudes.(Society)
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT recently undertook a massive public consultation exercise--entitled GM Nation?--on public attitudes towards genetically modified food and crops, and there are rumours that elements within the Australian government, or at least within the public service, wish to do likewise.
GM Nation? hit the headlines throughout Britain and the world late last year, and most journalists took the line that this was an accurate reflection of the public's attitudes, and very few troubled themselves with any critical analysis of the exercise. (A letter to Nature on the topic published by myself and my colleague Dr Ellen Townsend from the University of ...
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