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Figure 7-1. Primary source of information about current news events, science and technology, and specific scientific issues: 2010

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Figure 7-2. Primary source of information about current news events, science and technology, and specific scientific issues: 2001–10

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Figure 7-3. Public interest in selected issues: 2010

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Figure 7-4. Public interest in selected science-related issues: 1979–2010

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Figure 7-5. Network nightly news coverage of science and technology: 1988–2010

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Figure 7-6. Attendance at informal science and other cultural institutions, by institution type and education level: 2008

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Figure 7-7. Mean number of correct answers to trend factual knowledge of science scale: 1992–2010

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Figure 7-8. Correct answers to trend factual knowledge of science scale, by respondent characteristic: 2010

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Figure 7-9. Mean number of correct answers to nanotechnology questions, by correct answers to trend factual knowledge of science scale: 2010

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Figure 7-10. Understanding scientific inquiry, by respondent characteristic: 2010

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Figure 7-11. Public assessment of scientific research: 1979–2010

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Figure 7-12. Public opinion on whether government should fund basic scientific research: 1985–2010

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Figure 7-13. Public assessment of amount of government spending for scientific research: 1981–2010

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Figure 7-14. Public attitudes toward government spending in various policy areas: 2010

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Figure 7-15. Public confidence in institutional leaders, by type of institution: 2010

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Figure 7-16. Worry about quality of environment: 2001–11

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Figure 7-17. Public attitudes toward stem cell research: 2001–10

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Figure 7-18. Public attitudes toward whether scientific research that causes pain to animals should be allowed: 1988–2008

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Figure 7-19. Public assessment of whether the quality of science and mathematics education in America is inadequate: 1985–2008
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