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

Dan M. KahanYale Law School, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 995-1016 | Received 15 Jul 2015, Accepted 07 Jan 2016, Published online: 31 Mar 2016

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