Hollywood, climate change, and the public [1]

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5691, 2004, Pages 1713-

  Balmford, Andrew ^a,b   Manica, Andrea ^a   Airey, Lesley ^a   Birkin, Linda ^a   Oliver, Amy ^a   Schleicher, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AWARENESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544241793     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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9. All t tests used arc-sine square-root-transformed scores, expressed as percentages of the maximum possible.
10. 2.197 = 7.19, P = 0.001, with P < 0.05 for both terms; no significant interactions.
11. 4.195 = 8.43, P < 0.001, with P < 0.05 for all four terms; no significant interactions.
12. Readers interested in replicating this survey should contact the corresponding author for a copy.