Results
The research was conducted 11th February, 2014. Sample size is 109 respondents.
The results of the statistical analysis are presented below. We presented the results
with a graphic display of frequency distribution by individual questions and
connection of individual questions by gender and class (age).
As you can see from the first and second graph we asked almost the same amount of
female and male population and almost the same amount of students from four
different classes (age from 15 to 19).
Gender
100 %
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
54.1
45.9
female
100 %
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
male
Class
30.5
21.0
1
2
26.7
3
21.9
4
Which definition of cloning
do you mostly agree with?
%
100
89.8
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
9.3
0.9
0
0
Cloning is a
Cloning is the
Cloning is the
method of sexual process where a process where a
reproduction
mother cell
mother cell
which combines produces two
produces two
genetic
daughter cells. daughter cells.
information of
parents at the
time of offspring.
I don't know.
The third definition (Cloning is the process of asexual reproduction where the newly
created creature or cell is genetically identical to stem cells.) is the right answer and
almost all of the students chose this one (89.8%). The most common explanations
were:

Cloning isn’t sexual reproduction.

Cloning is a process where we get two or more identical organisms.

This is the definition that we have learnt at biology.
Nobody chose the second definition, 0.9% chose the first one and 9.3% of students
didn’t know the answer.
%
100
98.2
Which was the first cloned
mammal animal?
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
1.8
0
sheep
goat
98.2% of students chose the right answer (sheep) and only 1.8% chose goat as the
answer. None of the students chose cat or cow.
When was this animal born?
100
%
90
80
70
60
46.3
50
44.4
40
30
20
10
5.6
3.7
0
1976
1986
1996
2006
The answer which was chosen in most cases (46.3%) is the year 1986. But the right
answer is 1996 and was picked by 44.4% of students. A small percentage of students
chose the first (5.6%) or fourth choice (3.7%).
% Do you agree with cloning cells? - Comparison by gender
96
94.5
93.2
100
90
80
70
60
female
50
male
40
all
30
20
6.8
5.5
4
10
0
I agree
I disagree
Almost all of the students agree with cloning cells (94.5%). Fewer women agree with
it in comparison to men.
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
%
Do you agree with cloning cells? - Comparison by class
100
95.5 96.9
94.3
85.7
1. class
2. class
3. class
4. class
all
14.3
4.5 3.1
I agree
5.7
I disagree
It’s interesting that all students from the 4th class agree with cloning cells, the lowest
agreement is in the 3rd class.
%
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Do you agree with cloning tissues? - Comparison by gender
93.2
86
89.9
female
male
all
14
6.8
I agree
%
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
10.1
I disagree
Do you agree with cloning tissues? - Comaprison by class
93.8
86.4
89.3 87 89.5
1. class
2. class
3. class
4. class
13.6
6.3
I agree
10.7 13 10.5
all
I disagree
Agreement with cloning tissues is lower than agreement with cloning cells for about
5%.
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
%
Do you agree with cloning organs? - Comparison by gender
90
88.1
89
female
male
all
11.9
I agree
10
11
I disagree
Agreement with cloning organs is very similar to the results of cloning cells and
tissues in comparison by gender.
Do you agree with cloning organs? - Comparison by class
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
%
95.5 93.8
82.1 82.6
88.6
1. class
2. class
3. class
4. class
17.9 17.4
4.5
I agree
6.3
11.4
all
I disagree
Agreement of 1st class and 2nd class is almost the same as agreement from previous
questions (cloning cells and tissues), but agreement of 3 rd class and 4th class is
lower.
Do you agree with cloning organisms? - Comparison by gender
100
%
88.1
90
80
73.4
70
56
60
female
44
50
male
40
all
26.6
30
20
11.9
10
0
I agree
I disagree
Do you agree with cloning organisms? - Comaprison by class
100
%
90
81.3 78.6
80
70
60.9
60
50
40
30
20
73.3
68.2
1. class
2. class
3. class
39.1
31.8
18.8 21.4
4. class
26.7
all
10
0
I agree
I disagree
Unlike cloning cells, tissues and organs, we can see that a lot of students disagree
with cloning whole organisms. Men agree with cloning organisms (44%) more than
women (11%). The highest agreement is in the 4 th class and lowest agreement is in
2nd class.
Do you agree with human cloning? - Comparison by gender
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
%
90.9
76.2
60
female
40
male
all
23.8
9.1
yes
no
Do you agree with human cloning? - Comparison by class
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
%
84.2
88.2
77.3
75
1. class
54.5
45.5
22.7
15.8
3. class
4. class
25
all
11.8
yes
2. class
no
Agreement with human cloning is a little bit lower than agreement with cloning
organisms (in average 3%). Men agree with human cloning (40%) more than women
(9.1%). The biggest disagreement is in the 2nd class, while in the 4th class there are
almost half of students who agree with human cloning (45.5%).