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Table 2 Description of the scales and item fit values

From: Pre-service biology teachers’ acceptance of evolutionary theory and their preference for its teaching

Scale

nof items

Discriminationa

WMNSQa

ZSTDa

Reliabilitya

 

Original set

Reduced set

Min

Max

Min

Max

Min

Max

EAP/PV

CINS

20

19

.20

.65

0.90

1.16

−1.6

1.9

.78

ACCEPTANCE

20

17

.35

.62

0.76

1.20

−2.0

2.0

.98

Religionb

7

4

.61

.65

0.88

1.14

−0.9

1.0

.97

Creationism

6

4

.13

.50

0.83

1.08

−0.9

0.6

.63

Scienceb

6

5

.19

.37

0.90

1.13

−1.1

1.4

.65

Scientism

7

7

.11

.46

0.81

1.14

−2.0

1.5

.70

INTENTION

2

2

.68

.68

1.02

1.05

0.2

0.4

.84

  1. Note. a = reduced set of items; WMNSQ = Weighted Mean Square; ZSTD = standardized z-values; EAP/PV = Expected A Posteriori/Plausible Value reliability; b = Religion: attitude towards religion; Science: attitude towards science.