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标题：Advancement of Science and Its Social Impacts on Mankind: Preliminary Perception among Malaysians
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作者：Nazri Muslim ; Jamsari Alias ; Norazila Mat 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2017
卷号：7
期号：7
页码：522-531
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i7/3119
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：Science plays an important role in human civilisation. The development of sciences today brings positive as well as negative effects to mankind, particularly to environmental issues. This paper presents a study on the perception of people towards assumption that science is the prime factor for environmental problem. A total of 642 respondents from the age of 20 to 55, coming from all over Malaysia, from different group of ethnics and religions participated in this study. The respondents, were given questionnaire, and the raw data was analysed using the SPSS to obtain the mean response, the percentages, and the difference of mean were tested using the t-test and one-way ANOVA. The results are somehow show a good mix of perceptions on the nature of science which involve its positive as well as negative side of effects on environment.