5 Freedom in the Research System 57 



Pressure for Applied Rather than Basic Research 59 



University 59 



Government 61 



Industry 62 



Independent Research Institutes 63 



Overregulation 63 



Industry 63 



Government 65 



Independent Research Institutes 66 



University 66 



Summary 68 



6 Confidence in Science and Technology 71 



Part I. -Views of the Respondents 74 



Public Confidence 74 



Need for an Education Program 75 



Confidence on the Part of Government 75 



Causes of Diminished Confidence 77 



Effects of Diminished Confidence 79 



Summary (Part I) 81 



Part II. -Survey Data on Public Attitudes 82 



Science Indicators 1972 and 1974 82 



Funkhouser 83 



Etzioni and Nunn 85 



The California Poll 87 



Ahlgren and Walberg 87 



Purdue Opinion Poll 88 



Taviss 88 



Ebasco Services 89 



La Porte and Metlay 89 



Summary (Part II] 91 



Appendices 93 



A Method of the Inquiry 95 



B Texts of the Letters Sent to the Research Community 97 



C Complete List of Respondents to NSB Inquiry Letter, by Sector 117 



D Complete List of Issues Taken from the Response Letters 135 



E Rank-Order Tables of Issues Mentioned Most Frequently 139 



Index 145 



