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Table 12 Reasons for switching from evolution rejection to acceptance: proportion (%) of level 4 students (n = 7) who agreed/disagreed to particular reasons: data for 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 combined

From: Evolution and Religion: Attitudes of Scottish Bioscience Students to the Teaching of Evolutionary Biology

Reasons for switching to acceptance

Agree

N

Disagree

I have become convinced by the increase of evidence that has been presented to me

0

29

71

A change in my social or personal life has caused a change in any religious beliefs I may have

14

28

58

I have accepted that biological evolution does not interfere with any religious belief that I may hold

71

29

0

  1. Responses on a five-point scale: 1, 2 combined as disagree; 3 = neutral; 4, 5 agree