Table 5. Descriptive statistics of the items on the CoSS–Study 1C.
| M | SD | Min | Max | Skewness | Kurtosis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People trust scientists a lot more than they should | 3.47 | 1.80 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.20 | -1.14 |
| People don’t realize just how flawed a lot of scientific research really is | 4.55 | 1.60 | 1.00 | 7.00 | -0.47 | -0.47 |
| A lot of scientific theories are dead wrong | 3.32 | 1.64 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.47 | -0.54 |
| Sometimes I think we put too much faith in science | 3.55 | 1.91 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.20 | -1.21 |
| Our society places too much emphasis on science | 3.10 | 1.83 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.52 | -0.82 |
| I am concerned by the amount of influence that scientists have in society | 3.03 | 1.76 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.57 | -0.68 |
| CoSS | 3.50 | 1.41 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.19 | -0.73 |