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Table 4 Correlations of variables when ID variables are recoded to “select don’t know” and “did not select don’t know”

From: College Students’ Perceptions of Intelligent Design

Variables

ID and evolution factor score

ID is creationism

ID is creationism

Phi = 0.729,p= 0.000

Views of evolution factor score

t 1.12, df 603, p = 0.261

How often watch programs about evolution

Cramer’sV= 0.153,p= 0.001

How much learned about evolution in high school

Cramer’s V = 0.127, p = 0.015

How much learned about evolution in college

Cramer’sV= 0.154,p= 0.001

God works through evolution

Cramer’s V = 0.052, p = 0.813

Cramer’s V = 0.046, p = 0.872

Attended public or religious private school

Phi = 0.031, p = 0.425

Phi = 0.026, p = 0.507

Urban/Suburban/Rural

Cramer’s V = 0.074, p = 0.190

Cramer’s V = 0.061, p = 0.315

Class rank

Cramer’s V = 0.098, p = 0.097

Cramer’s V = 0.112, p = 0.040

Ideology

Cramer’s V = 0.147, p = 0.031

Cramer’s V = 0.157, p = 0.014

  1. Significant correlations are in bold; alpha level based on Bonferroni’s correction is 0.0033 (0.05/15)
  2. Correlations calculated based on Yate’s correction for chi-squared are italicized