Table 3 Frequencies and percentages of textbooks that provide a definition of evolution in a particular section(s)
From: Evolution and University-level Anthropology Textbooks: The “Missing Link”?
Section | Cultural anthropology | Physical anthropology | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
Glossary | 9 (56.2% of 16) | 11 (91.2% of 12) | 20(71.4% of 28) |
Summary | 3 (21.4% of 14) | 2 (20% of 10) | 5(20.8% of 24) |
Text box | 4 (57.1% of 7) | 7 (100% of 7) | 11(79.6% of 14) |
In-text | 10 (55.6% of 18) | 8 (66.7% of 12) | 18(54.5% of 33) |
Only one section | 4 (22.2% of 18) | 0 | 4(12.1% of 33) |
Glossary only | 2 (12.5% of 16) | 0 | 2(6.7% of 30) |
In-text only | 2 (11.1% of 18) | 0 | 2(6.3% of 32) |
Two sections | 2 (11.8% of 17) | 5 (41.7% of 12) | 7(24.1% of 29) |
Glossary and summary | 0 | 1 (9.1% of 11) | 1(4.2% of 24) |
Glossary and text box | 0 | 2 (28.6% of 7) | 2(15.4% of 13) |
Glossary and in-text | 1 (6.3% of 16) | 2 (16.7% of 12) | 3(10.7% of 28) |
Text box and in-text | 1 (14.3% of 7) | 0 | 1(7.1% of 14) |
Three sections | 6 (40% of 15) | 6 (54.5% of 11) | 12(46.2% of 26) |
Glossary, summary, and in-text | 3 (23.1% of 13) | 1 (10% of 10) | 4(17.4% of 23) |
Glossary, text box, and in-text | 3 (50% of 6) | 5 (71.4% of 7) | 8(61.5% of 13) |