Table 1 Instruments used in the study
When used | Instrument | Description | Organisms included | Scoring/coding used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Before gallery visit | Pre-visit questionnaire | Closed-ended instrument with 4 evolution scenarios, each with 7 different explanations to rate | Virus, ant/fungus, finch, and human/chimp | Summated scaled scores for each type of explanation were calculated across organisms |
After gallery visit | Interview | Open-ended interview with 3 evolution scenarios | Diatom, fly, and whale | Specific themes within each reasoning pattern were coded as present or absent |
After gallery visit | Post-visit questionnaire | Closed-ended instrument with 7 evolution scenarios, each with 7 different explanations to rate | Virus, diatom, ant/fungus, fly finch, human/chimp, and whale | Summated scaled scores for each type of explanation were calculated across organisms |
After gallery visit | Demographic, sociocultural, and contextual measure | Likert, short-answer, and ratings items on sociocultural, personal, and contextual variables, including age, gender, museum visitation, education level, science community variables, religious community variables, and interest level in organisms | N/A except for ratings and rankings of interest level in virus, diatom, ant/fungus, fly, finch, human/chimp, and whale | For multi-item variables, summated scaled scores were calculated; for single-item variables, the simple-scale score was used |