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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Public Underst Sci. 2013 Aug 19;24(2):241–256. doi: 10.1177/0963662513496954

Table 2.

Proportion of participants who discussed the key topics at each level of description.

Interview topic Students Teachers Experts

S B F S B F S B F
1. Virus appearance .23 .15 .08 .39 .28 .28 1.0 .57 .57
2. Host appearance .15 .08 .08 .17 .00 .00 .43 .29 .00
3. Virus contents .85 .38 .31 .83 .72 .67 1.0 1.0 1.0
4. Host contents .46 .08 .00 .61 .22 .17 1.0 .29 .14
5. Replicated virus .00 .31 .00 .06 .56 .44 .57 .86 .43
6. Virus/immune system .00 .62 .31 .00 .22 .39 .00 .86 .43
7. Immune cell .54 .46 .23 .50 .29 .44 .86 .71 .86
8. Vaccine .46 .85 .92 1.0 .83 .94 1.0 1.0 1.0

Note. S, B, and F stand for the structural, behavioral, and functional levels of description respectively. Bolded and underlined numbers indicate a proportion greater than 33%.