Replication Dataset for: Beyond Deficit and Coexistence: Modeling the Knowledge–Conspiracy–Mistrust Configuration in Public Understanding of Science

This repository contains the minimal dataset used to reproduce the statistical analyses reported in the article: “Beyond Deficit and Coexistence: Modeling the Knowledge–Conspiracy–Mistrust Configuration in Public Understanding of Science”. The dataset is derived from Eurobarometer 95.2 (ZA7782), conducted in April–May 2021 across European countries. The repository includes:• df_analysis.rds – processed dataset used for the multilevel structural equation models• codebook.csv – variable descriptions• README.txt – dataset documentation The original survey data are publicly available from the GESIS Data Archive:https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13884