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Table 1 Perceived applicability of evolutionary theory by political affiliation

From: The Stagnancy of Family Studies in Modern Academia: Resistances Toward the Integration of Evolutionary Theory

 

Mean

N

SD

Moderate conservative Republican

2.99

20

.909

Changing affiliation/no affiliation

2.66

11

1.17

Moderate liberal Democrat

2.41

56

.729

Extreme liberal Democrat

2.25

30

.963

  1. Participants who self-identified as “extreme liberals” reported evolutionary theory as least applicable to their area of research, while those who self-identified as “moderate conservatives” rated evolutionary theory as most applicable to their research interests. No one from this sample self-identified as an “extreme conservative”