The Survey of Public Scientific Literacy is funded by Department of International Cooperation and Science Education, Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan, with the purpose to use appropriate instruments to measure and track adult scientific literacy longitudinally. The survey has been made three times, in 2008, 2012, and 2015 led by professor Tai-Chu Huang.The current project, with the survey executed in 2018, is supervised by Chair Professor Huann-shyang Lin.

The purpose of this survey is to provide the empirical data about the current status of adult's scientific literacy and understanding of science and technology (S&T) in Taiwan and provide the empirical evidence of it. Our research focuses on better understanding the mechanisms of public literacy as a healthy citizen, and creating innovative interventions and programs to advance public literacy.

This survey instrument includes three parts. The first part investigates public behaviors in gathering S&T-related information and public interests in issues in S&T. The second part examines public attitudes toward S&T. The third part evaluates public scientific literacy, understanding of scientific terms and process, and beliefs in pseudoscience. We get the respondents by probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling for face-to-face interview in the survey.

The 2008 and 2012 surveys has been released, and the 2015 survey will be released as soon as possible. We hope this can raise more different discussions and promote Taiwan's research capabilities in science education and research rapidly and deeply. By these researches, we can advance our education and policy in S&T. Moreover, we will modify and conduct this survey regularly to track the change in public attitudes toward and understanding of S&T.

This survey instrument includes three parts. The first part investigates public behaviors in gathering S&T-related information and public interests in issues in S&T. The second part examines public attitudes toward S&T. The third part evaluates public scientific literacy, understanding of scientific terms and process, and beliefs in pseudoscience. We get the respondents by probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling for face-to-face interview in the survey. The 2008 and 2012 surveys has been released, and the 2015 survey will be released as soon as possible. We hope this can raise more different discussions and promote Taiwan's research capabilities in science education and research rapidly and deeply. By these researches, we can advance our education and policy in S&T. Moreover, we will modify and conduct this survey regularly to track the change in public attitudes toward and understanding of S&T.