harris poll shows support for open

Harris Poll Shows Support for Open Access

Open Access. The Wall Street Journal reports today on a Harris

Interactive poll that asked 2,501 Americans whether they thought the

public should have online access to publicly funded research. Here's

what they found:

* 83% of adults say they strongly (61%) or somewhat (22%) agree that

since this research is paid for by tax dollars, the results should

be easily available (free and online) to doctors.

* 82% of adults say they strongly (57%) or somewhat (25%) agree that

if tax dollars pay for scientific research, people should have

free access to the results of the research on the Internet.

* 81% of adults say they strongly (49%) or somewhat (32%) agree that

having this information easily available (for free and online)

will help those living with a chronic illness or disability get

the latest information which will assist people coping with that

chronic illness or disability.

Methodology

This Harris Poll was conducted online within the United States between

April 11 and 17, 2006 among 2,501 adults (aged 18 and over). Figures

for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region and household income

were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their

actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was

also used to adjust for respondents' propensity to be online.

All surveys are subject to several sources of error. These include:

sampling error (because only a sample of a population is interviewed);

measurement error due to question wording and/or question order,

deliberately or unintentionally inaccurate responses, nonresponse

(including refusals), interviewer effects (when live interviewers are

used) and weighting.

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