Публичното възприемане на науката: има ли универсални измерения?
Public Perception of Science: Are there Universal Dimensions

Summary/Abstract: One possible way for solving the problem with the cross-cultural validity of the indicators of public understanding of science is the analysis of the latent structure of sets of statements used in previous surveys. The factor analysis of 18 statements from Eurobaromenter 224 (2005) reveals three stable replicable latent dimensions - Evaluation, Efficacy and Control. The Efficacy dimension was replicated in the data of 34 countries participating in the survey. This dimension was not replicated only in Northern Ireland. The Control dimension was not replicated only in East Germany, Turkey and Norway. It is shown that the Evaluation and Efficacy dimension correlate and form new second order dimension: Science is for others vs Science is for us.

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