Table 8. Descriptive statistics of the items on the CoSS–Study 2.
| M | SD | Min | Max | Skewness | Kurtosis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People trust scientists a lot more than they should | 4.07 | 1.66 | 1.00 | 7.00 | -0.21 | -0.85 |
| People don’t realize just how flawed a lot of scientific research really is | 4.71 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 7.00 | -0.50 | -0.28 |
| A lot of scientific theories are dead wrong | 3.96 | 1.49 | 1.00 | 7.00 | -0.11 | -0.39 |
| Sometimes I think we put too much faith in science | 4.11 | 1.72 | 1.00 | 7.00 | -0.20 | -0.99 |
| Our society places too much emphasis on science | 3.58 | 1.75 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.31 | -0.96 |
| I am concerned by the amount of influence that scientists have in society | 3.41 | 1.65 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.25 | -0.86 |
| CoSS | 3.97 | 1.20 | 1.00 | 7.00 | -0.18 | -0.51 |