Is Oklahoma really OK? A regional study of the prevalence of biological evolution-related misconceptions held by introductory biology teachers

Table 3 Public high school profile

Demographic variable	Variable range	Percentage of high schools
		Participants (n=71)	Study area (n= 474)
Average daily membership^a	4451.85 to 485.57	20.0	20.0
	482.10 to 242.95	23.3	20.0
	242.30 to 134.10	16.7	20.0
	132.10 to 78.11	18.3	20.0
	77.73 to 14.85	21.7	20.0
Urban-centric classification^b	City	3.3	7.2
	Suburban	5.0	5.7
	Town	26.7	17.7
	Rural	65.0	69.4

Participants are high schools that employed study participants. Study area indicates the total number of high schools within the study area. For all results, P > 0.05 therefore differences were nonsignificant. ^aAverage daily membership is the aggregate membership of a school during a reporting period (normally a school year) divided by the number of days school is in session during this period (Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics 2010a). ^bUrban-centric classification (Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics 2010b).

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