Science in society: re-evaluating the deficit model of public attitudes
Science in society: re-evaluating the deficit model of public attitudes
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DOI：
10.1177/0963662504042690
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发表时间：
2004-01-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Allum, N
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作者：
Sturgis, P;Allum, N
公众对科学态度的“赤字模型”导致了关于科学知识在解释普通人对科学态度中的作用的争论。在本文中，我们挑战了事实上的正统，赤字模型和语境主义的观点与定量和定性的研究方法分别。我们同时测试假设，从这两种理论方法，使用定量方法。结果表明，知识作为对科学态度的决定因素具有明显的重要性。然而，与传统上以讨论这种关系为特征的相当简单的赤字模型相反，这种分析突出了知识-态度界面的复杂性和相互作用的性质。
The "deficit model" of public attitudes towards science has led to controversy over the role of scientific knowledge in explaining lay people's attitudes towards science. In this paper we challenge the de facto orthodoxy that has connected the deficit model and contextualist perspectives with quantitative and qualitative research methods respectively. We simultaneously test hypotheses from both theoretical approaches using quantitative methodology. The results point to the clear importance of knowledge as a determinant of attitudes toward science. However, in contrast to the rather simplistic deficit model that has traditionally characterized discussions of this relationship, this analysis highlights the complex and interacting nature of the knowledge-attitude interface.