Table 4 Scores (and standard deviations) for the background and evolution literacy survey scales in the entering population (1–7 scale, N = 168)
From: “Evolution for Everyone”: A Course that Expands Evolutionary Theory Beyond the Biological Sciences
Scale | Measurements | Scale | Measurements |
|---|---|---|---|
Political Activity | 3.17 (2.27) | Intelligent Design Fallacies | 2.87 (1.89) |
Religious Activity | 2.87 (2.47) | Social Objections to Evolution | 3.20 (2.16) |
Liberalism | 4.73 (2.47) | Factual Understanding of Evolution | 5.42 (1.81) |
Young Earth Creationist Beliefs | 2.28 (1.98) | Relevance of Evolution | 5.49 (1.87) |
Embryo/Fetus Beliefs | 3.90 (2.87) |