Skip to main content

Table 3 Correlation matrix and descriptive statistics for variables included in 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

 

MATE score

Knowledge score

Attendance

Religion

Academic level

High school

Major

MATE Score

—

      

Knowledge Score

0.459

—

     

Religiosity (Attendance)

-0.578

-0.269

—

    

Religion

-0.544

-0.253

0.540

—

   

Academic Level

0.094

0.044

-0.080

-0.088

—

  

High School

0.208

0.097

-0.128

-0.127

0.021

—

 

Major

0.166

0.054

-0.030

-0.027

-0.004

0.006

—

Mean

69.16

1.27

1.91

2.56

2.58

3.07

0.33

SD

21.04

0.74

0.86

0.81

1.08

0.99

0.47

Skewness

-0.29

-0.48

0.18

-1.34

-0.07

-0.48

0.73

Kurtosis

-0.98

-1.06

-1.61

-0.14

-1.27

-1.21

-1.47

  1. Correlation coefficients are listed for the seven variables of interest. The mean value, standard deviation (SD), skewness, and kurtosis for each variable are also provided.