Entry:

National Science Board, Science and Engineering Indicators - 2000, Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, 2000.

Abstract:

Americans express a high level of interest in science and technology. Despite this interest, Americans lack confidence in their knowledge of these subjects. Those with more education and more courses in science and mathematics are more likely to express a high level of interest in science and technology and to feel they are well-informed about them. Although most Americans do not know a lot about science and technology, they have highly positive attitudes toward the Government’s investment in basic resea

1973-1998

Other Data Sets:

FS 1999 Survey of Public Attitudes Toward and Understanding of Science and Technology; 1992 Eurobarometer, the 1995 NSF Survey of Public Understanding of and Attitudes Toward Science and Technology, and 1991 Japan National Study, and the 1989 Canadian National Study, Roper 1996, Suplee 1999, Hartz and Chappell Worlds Apart, Gallup Poll 1996, Survey by De Robertis, M.M. and P.A. Delaney 1993