Trust in science and scientists and the acceptance of evolution

Table 2 Correlations among evolution acceptance, trusts in science, religious commitment, and political orientation

Measures	Religious commitment	Political orientation.	Trust in science and scientists	Macro-evolution	Micro-evolution	Human evolution	All evolution
Religious commitment	--	.34**	-.38**	-.55**	-.42**	-.60**	-.59**
Political orientation.		--	-.25**	-.31**	-.28**	-.33**	-.34**
Trust in science and scientists			--	.51**	.53**	.50**	.57**
Macro-evolution				--	.71**	.80**	.95**
Micro-evolution					--	.58**	.84**
Human evolution						--	.89**
All evolution							--

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