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Table 1 Means and variance on evaluation of evolutionary biology concepts among students, according to their options in the sociocultural questions

From: Influence of Sociocultural Factors and Acceptance of Creationism in the Comprehension of Evolutionary Biology in Freshman Brazilian Students

Questions/alternatives

Mean

Variance

%

Creationism should be taught in the science classes as an alternative to the evolutionary theory?

 Yes

4.62

1.99

73

 No

5.46

3.19

27

Parental education level

 Fundamental level

4.75

2.66

38

 High School

5

2.36

38

 College

4.86

2.48

24

Student’s high school graduation institution

 Public

4.8

2.55

71

 Private

5.22

2.12

29

Philosophic/religious position

 Catholic

4.72

2.33

78

 Evangelic

4.86

2.13

9

 Spiritist

6.17

2.57

3

 Atheist

6.5

3.18

5

 Others

4.9

1.90

5

Total

4.86

2.53