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Fig. 5 | Evolution: Education and Outreach

Fig. 5

From: Assessment of Biology Majors’ Versus Nonmajors’ Views on Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design

Fig. 5

a Percentage of biology majors (black bars, n = 237) and nonmajors (white bars, n = 239) who consider one of the following statements describes them best: A = I accept evolution and express it openly regardless of other’s opinions, B = no opinion, C = I accept evolution but do not discuss it openly to avoid conflicts with friends and family, D = I believe in creationism and express it openly regardless of others’ opinions, and E = I believe in creationism but do not discuss it openly to avoid conflicts with friends and family. Raw data chi-square = 34.573, df = 4, P ≤ 0.001; asterisks indicate Sign test two-tail pair-wise comparisons P ≤ 0.04. b Percentage of freshman (F), sophomore (So), junior (J), and senior (Sr) biology majors who consider statements A, B, or C (above) describes them best (D and E were excluded from the analysis because over 20% of their expected values were less than 5). Chi-square of percentage values = 14.535, df = 6, P value = 0.024

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