Skip to main content
Fig. 1 | Evolution: Education and Outreach

Fig. 1

From: Acceptance of Evolution Increases with Student Academic Level: A Comparison Between a Secular and a Religious College

Fig. 1

Percentage of RWU (black bars) versus PC (white bars) students who consider one of the following explanations about the origin and development of life on Earth should be taught in science classes: A = evolution, B = equal time to evolution, creationism, intelligent design, C = do not know enough to say. Comparisons between institutions: a biology majors (RWU = 237, PC = 212), Chi-square = 1.077, df = 2, P = 0.58. b Nonmajors (RWU = 239, PC = 143), Chi-square = 9.0, df = 2, P = 0.01; asterisk indicates sign test two-tail pairwise comparison P ≤ 0.05. c Biology freshman (RWU n = 93, PC n = 70), Chi-square = 0.307, df = 2, P = 0.85. d Biology sophomore (RWU n = 74, PC n = 34), Chi-square = 1.459, df = 2, P = 0.48. e Biology junior (RWU n = 33, PC n = 50), Chi-square = 8.282, df = 2, P = 0.016. f Biology senior (RWU n = 37, PC n = 58), Chi-square = 0.260, df = 2, P = 0.87

Back to article page

Evolution: Education and Outreach

ISSN: 1936-6434

Contact us