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Table 2 Categories of relative acceptance of evolution

From: Influencing highly religious undergraduate perceptions of evolution: Mormons as a case study

Relative acceptance category

MATE score

MATE #1 response breakdown

MATE #2 response breakdown

Very high acceptance

107–120

61 (5.5 %)

266 (23.8 %)

High acceptance

92–106

192 (17.2 %)

367 (32.9 %)

Moderate acceptance4

78–91

357 (32.0 %)

282 (25.2 %)

Low acceptance

64–77

327 (29.3 %)

158 (14.1 %)

Very low acceptance

20–63

117 (10.5 %)

31 (2.8 %)

  1. MATE #1 and MATE #2 response breakdowns represents the number of students who fell in each category at the beginning and end of the semester, respectively