Table 1.
Example of coding strategy (questions).
| Theme | Subthemea |
| Question features |
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Question ID |
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Year |
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User name |
| Theme 1 Type of question |
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Science information |
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Effectiveness |
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Progress |
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Risks |
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Ethical, environmental, economic, legal, social issues |
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Education |
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Careers |
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Opinion |
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Polemic |
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Other (describe) |
| Theme 2 Applications of gene therapy |
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Disease treatment |
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Disease cure |
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Disease prevention |
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Enhancement |
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In utero |
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Sexual orientation |
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Other social modification (describe) |
| Theme 3 Ethical, environmental, economic, legal, social issues |
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Resource allocation |
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Effects on self |
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Change to society |
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Discrimination |
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Nature |
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God and religion |
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Evolution |
a Multiple subthemes within a theme may apply to a single question.