The following data and code are provided as a reference for the associated publication in prep.

Directories

• NESA (Nebraska Science Ambassadors) Student SciComm Training: raw data as .sav files

• database_files: csvs exported to this directory to be added to a SQL server

• sql_scripts: SQL scripts used to query the relational database files

• query_outputs: where the results of the SQL queries are stored as csvs

• manuscript: figures, tables, and methods/results for publication

Files

• save_to_csv.Rmd: extracts raw data and exports to csv, including notes on individuals excluded

• analysis_v...: markdown files and resulting knit htmls where analyses were performed and documented; lower version numbers are older drafts

• demographics.R: R file where code used to look at demographics is saved

• participant_comments.docx: user-entered comments from each survey

• word_cloud_pre.csv and word_cloud_post.csv: text used to create word clouds

As of July 15, 2025, we are currently writing the first draft of the manuscript for publication (aiming for PNAS). I have completed analyses and written the statistical methods and results for the manuscript.