Table 2. Descriptive statistics of the items on the CoSS–Study 1b.
| M | SD | Min | Max | Skewness | Kurtosis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People trust scientists a lot more than they should | 3.88 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 7.00 | -0.02 | -0.91 |
| People don’t realize just how flawed a lot of scientific research really is | 4.60 | 1.43 | 1.00 | 7.00 | -0.47 | -0.20 |
| A lot of scientific theories are dead wrong | 3.58 | 1.55 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.08 | -0.71 |
| Sometimes I think we put too much faith in science | 3.76 | 1.73 | 1.00 | 7.00 | -0.02 | -1.03 |
| Our society places too much emphasis on science | 3.38 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.37 | -0.77 |
| I am concerned by the amount of influence that scientists have in society | 3.37 | 1.69 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.37 | -0.77 |
| CoSS | 3.76 | 1.27 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.11 | -0.52 |