Fig. 2

Percentage of New England faculty (Fac, black bars) versus college students (white bars) from public secular (Pub), private secular (Priv), and religious (Rel) institutions who consider one of the following statements to be consistent with intelligent design (ID): A ID is not scientific but has been proposed to counter evolution based on false claims; B ID is religious doctrine consistent with creationism; C no opinion; D ID is a scientific alternative to evolution and of equal scientific validity among scientists; E ID is a scientific theory about the origin and evolution of life on Earth. Comparisons among groups: Chi-square = 63.899; df = 12; P ≤ 0.001; lowercase letters indicate sign test two-tail pair-wise comparisons, P ≤ 0.05. Fac, n = 244; Pub, n = 125 l; Priv, n = 298; and Rel, n = 185