Perceptions of Scientists and Stereotypes through the Eyes of Young School Children

Table 6

Students’ visit to science museums and scores on stereotype indicators.

	Visits to museums		t
	Yes ()	No ()
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Indicators of a chemistry laboratory (5 components in total)	2.3 (1.7)	1.6 (1.6)	3
Total indicators of stereotyping	3.4 (2.4)	2.4 (2.0)	3
Personal appearances (5 components)	1 (1.0)	0.7 (0.9)	1.9
Symbol of research (5 components)	1.5 (1.2)	1.1 (1.1)	2.4
Symbols of knowledge (2 components)	0.1 (0.4)	0.04 (0.2)	1.6
Symbol of technology (2 components)	0.7 (0.6)	0.5 (0.6)	2.4

Note: for specific component under an indicator, please see Table 2. ; .