The Role of Political Party Identification on Science Appreciation across Two Samples

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Keyword: Politics

Abstract: We developed a science appreciation measure (4-items, alpha=.80) exploring its link to partisan identification (3 categories). ANOVA from a 2024 student survey (N =144) found Republicans showed significantly less science appreciation than Democrats. General Social Survey (GSS) data 2018, corroborated our findings using two separate measures of science appreciation.

• Tatiana Basanez (Author)
• Andrew Ruiz (Author)
• Jonathan Varcados (Author)
• Aiden Jaekel (Author)
• Marissa Avalos (Presenting Author)