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Table 2 Parameter estimates for SEM

From: The relative importance of religion and education on university students’ views of evolution in the Deep South and state science standards across the United States

Parameter estimate

Unstandardized (SE)

Standardized

Statistics

Measurement Model Estimates

   

Evolution Understanding→MATE score

1.00

0.993

 

Evolution Understanding→Knowledge score

0.471 (0.023)

0.469

z = 20.674 P < 0.001

Error In MATE score

0.013 (0.038)

0.013

 

Error in Knowledge score

0.777 (0.018)

0.780

 

Structural Model

   

Religiosity→Evolution Understanding

-0.389 (0.017)

-0.391

z = -22.280 P < 0.001

Religion→Evolution Understanding

-0.314 (0.013)

-0.316

z = -23.348 P < 0.001

Academic Level→Evolution Understanding

0.033 (0.014)

0.033

z = 2.298 P = 0.022

High School→Evolution Understanding

0.117 (0.015)

0.117

z = 8.042 P < 0.001

Major→Evolution Understanding

0.094 (0.014)

0.095

z = 6.836 P < 0.001

Residual of Evolution Understanding

0.555 (0.041)

0.561

 
  1. Model was based on the responses of 2,920 students - those with fully completed surveys. Standard errors are shown for unstandardized parameter estimates in parentheses.