TY - JOUR
T1 - Attitudes and perceptions towards the scientific search for extraterrestrial life among students of public and private universities in Peru
AU - Chon-Torres, Octavio A.
AU - Ramos Ramírez, Julio César
AU - Hoyos Rengifo, Fernando
AU - Choy Vessoni, Rosana Aurora
AU - Sergo Laura, Ivan
AU - Ríos-Ruiz, Félix Germán Alfonso
AU - Murga-Moreno, César Andreé
AU - Alvarado Pino, José Percy Leonel
AU - Yance-Morales, Ximena
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Erik Persson, Klara Anna Capova and Yuan Li for allowing us to use their questionnaire for this research.We are also grateful for the unconditional support of all the members of the Asociacion Peruana de Astrobiologia (ASPAST) of Cajamarca, Lima, Cusco and Ica for supporting us in the collection of data.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2020.
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - The objective of this study was to identify attitudes towards the scientific search for extraterrestrial life among students from public and private universities in Peru. This research was inspired by similar studies, realized in Sweden, which used the same instrument adapting it to our reality. The process consisted of a survey of the Peruvian student population by targeting it in different regions of Peru. The sample consisted of 1237 students from different academic areas. The findings show that 92% of the students believe in the existence of life outside our planet, with differences between the subgroups surveyed.
AB - The objective of this study was to identify attitudes towards the scientific search for extraterrestrial life among students from public and private universities in Peru. This research was inspired by similar studies, realized in Sweden, which used the same instrument adapting it to our reality. The process consisted of a survey of the Peruvian student population by targeting it in different regions of Peru. The sample consisted of 1237 students from different academic areas. The findings show that 92% of the students believe in the existence of life outside our planet, with differences between the subgroups surveyed.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12724/11161
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85087751764
U2 - 10.1017/S1473550420000130
DO - 10.1017/S1473550420000130
M3 - Artículo (Contribución a Revista)
AN - SCOPUS:85087751764
SN - 1473-5504
VL - 19
SP - 360
EP - 368
JO - International Journal of Astrobiology
JF - International Journal of Astrobiology
IS - 5
ER -