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. 2011 Aug 17;6(8):e23420. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023420

Table 2. Q-4 Axes.

engagement
positive: awe, useful
negative: caution, uninformed passion, unaware, boring, abstract, social misfits
knowledge
positive:
negative: unaware, uninformed, can't understand details
support
positive: positive, useful, and important
negative: bad, dangerous, suspicious motives, mistrust
subject variability
positive: medicine, cure, space, human impact
negative: boring research, fruit flies

Major emergent axes (knowledge, support, subject variability and engagement) from Q-4 “How do you think the general public (non-scientists) views the efforts of the scientific community as a whole?”.