‘Ordinary science intelligence’: a science-comprehension measure for study of risk and science communication, with notes on evolution and climate change

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 995-1016

  Kahan, Dan M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

belief in evolution; global warming; risk perception; science comprehension

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL WARMING; RISK PERCEPTION;

BELIEF IN EVOLUTION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXTERNAL VALIDITIES; GENERAL POPULATION; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS; SCIENCE COMPREHENSION; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84962113343     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2016.1148067     Document Type: Article

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