Investigating the relationship between college students’ acceptance of evolution and tree thinking understanding

Table 2 Correlations among student responses on data collection instruments

		Pre-TTCI	Post-TTCI	Pre-NOA	Post-NOA	Pre-MATE	Post-MATE
Pre-TTCI	Correlation	1
	Sig
	N	92
Post-TTCI	Correlation	0.22^a	1
	Sig	0.04
	N	92	92
Pre-NOA	Correlation	0.08	-0.04	1
	Sig	0.45	0.72
	N	92	92	92
Post-NOA	Correlation	0.08	0.16	-0.02	1
	Sig	0.46	0.14	0.89
	N	92	92	92	92
Pre-MATE	Correlation	0.21^a	0.03	0.30^b	0.15	1
	Sig	0.05	0.81	0	0.17
	N	92	92	92	92	92
Post-MATE	Correlation	0.26^a	0.22^a	0.24^a	0.11	0.74^b	1
	Sig	0.01	0.04	0.02	0.30	0
	N	92	92	92	92	92	92

^aSignificance at <0.01 level (2-tailed).
^bSignificance at <0.05 level (2-tailed).
MATE: Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution (Rutledge and Warden, 1999); NOA: questions related to the Nature of Acceptance of evolution as developed by authors; TTCI: Tree Thinking Concept Inventory (Naegle 2009).

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