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Table 4 Frequencies and percentages of definitions that received a given code

From: Evolution and University-level Anthropology Textbooks: The “Missing Link”?

Code

Glossary

Summary

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In-Text

CA (n = 9)

PA (n = 11)

Total (n = 20)

CA (n = 3)

PA (n = 2)

Total (n = 5)

CA (n = 4)

PA (n = 7)

Total (n = 11)

CA (n = 10)

PA (n = 8)

Total (n = 18)

Received “baseline” definition code

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Common ancestry

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Descent with modification

4 (44.4%)

1 (9.1%)

5 (25%)

2 (66.7%)

1 (50%)

3 (60%)

0

0

0

3 (30%)

0

3 (16.7%)

Received “additional information” code

7 (77.8%)

8 (72.7%)

15 (75%)

3 (100%)

1 (50%)

4 (80%)

2 (50%)

4 (57.1%)

6 (54.5%)

7 (70%)

4 (50%)

11 (61.1%)

Received “incorrect information” code

5 (55.6%)

7 (63.6%)

12 (60%)

2 (66.7%)

2 (100%)

4 (80%)

2 (50%)

4 (71.4%)

6 (54.5%)

5 (50%)

7 (87.5%)

12 (66.7%)

Received “cultural definition” code

2 (22.2%)

3 (27.3%)

5 (25%)

0

0

0

2 (50%)

1 (14.3%)

3 (27.3%)

3 (30%)

0

3 (16.7%)

Only received include “descent with modification” and/or “additional information” code

4 (44.4%)

4 (36.4%)

8 (40%)

1 (33.3%)

0

1 (20%)

1 (25%)

3 (42.9%)

4 (36.4%)

4 (40%)

1 (12.5%)

5 (27.8%)

 Only received “descent with modification” code

1 (11.1%)

0

1 (5%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Only received “additional information” code

1 (11.1%)

4 (36.4%)

5 (25%)

1 (33.3%)

0

1 (20%)

1 (25%)

3 (42.9%)

4 (36.4%)

3 (30%)

1 (12.5%)

4 (22.2%)

Only received “cultural definition” and/or “incorrect information” code

1 (11.1%)

3 (27.3%)

4 (20%)

0

1 (50%)

1 (20%)

2 (50%)

3 (42.9%)

5 (45.5%)

3 (30%)

4 (50%)

7 (38.9%)

 Only received “cultural definition” code

0

0

0

0

0

0

1 (25%)

0

1 (9.1%)

1 (10%)

0

1 (5.6%)

 Only received “incorrect information” code

1 (11.1%)

3 (27.3%)

4 (20%)

0

1 (50%)

1 (20%)

1 (25%)

3 (42.9%)

4 (36.4%)

2 (20%)

3 (37.5%)

5 (27.8%)

Received contradictory codes

4 (44.4%)

4 (36.4%)

8 (40%)

1 (33.3%)

1 (50%)

2 (40%)

1 (25%)

1 (14.3%)

2 (18.2%)

3 (30%)

3 (37.5%)

6 (33.3%)

 “Additional information” and “incorrect information” codes

1 (11.1%)

2 (18.2%)

3 (15%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3 (37.5%)

3 (16.7%)

 “Additional information”, “incorrect information”, and “cultural definition” codes

2 (22.2%)

1 (9.1%)

3 (15%)

0

0

0

1 (25%)

1 (14.3%)

2 (18.2%)

1 (10%)

0

1 (5.6%)

 “Descent with modification”, “additional information”, and “incorrect information” codes

1 (11.1%)

1 (9.1%)

2 (10%)

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

2 (50%)

0

0

0

2 (20%)

0

2 (11.1%)

  1. Percentages are based on the number of textbooks with a definition of evolution in the specific sections tabulated. Books without these particular sections were not included in the percentage count