Table 7 Means and intercorrelations among sociocultural, personal and contextual variables
Variable means (SD) | Religiosity | Compatibility of religion/evolution | Acceptance of evolutionary origins | Importance of scientists studying evolution | Importance of own understanding of evolution | Knowledge of evolution | Time at exhibit | Interest in organisms | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.69 (1.23; 4-point scale) | 4.18 (1.36; (5-point scale) | 4.36 (0.93; (5-point scale) | 3.66 (0.67; 4-point scale) | 3.41 (0.73; (4-point scale) | 3.48 (0.80; 5-point scale) | 34.2 (19.9; minutes) | 4.01 (0.62; 5-point scale) | 28.8 (21.1; years) | |
Sociocultural | |||||||||
Religiosity | – | ||||||||
Compatibility of own religion with evolution | −0.09 | – | |||||||
Acceptance of evolutionary origins | −0.33** | 0.46*** | – | ||||||
Importance of scientists studying evolution | −0.15 | 0.39** | 0.35** | – | |||||
Personal/motivational | |||||||||
Importance of self understanding evolution | −0.20 | 0.50*** | 0.50*** | 0.49*** | – | ||||
Own knowledge about evolution | −0.23 | 0.16 | 0.29* | 0.20 | 0.37** | – | |||
Contextual/engagement | |||||||||
Time spent at exhibit | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.23 | 0.40** | 0.27* | – | ||
Interest in organisms featured at exhibit | −0.12 | 0.41** | 0.49*** | 0.46*** | 0.38** | 0.36** | 0.38** | – | |
Age | −0.09 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.26* | 0.42*** | 0.16 | 0.63*** | 0.45*** | – |