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

Table 3 Predictors of initial acceptance of evolution

Final model	Correlation with MATE (R)	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	Significance
Final model	Correlation with MATE (R)	B	Std. error	Beta	t	Significance
ULSE #1	0.475	1.844	0.137	0.419	13.462	0.000
KEE #1	0.312	1.345	0.209	0.199	6.438	0.000
Controversial topics	0.250	2.415	0.425	0.172	5.677	0.000
Religiosity scale	−0.157	−0.967	0.190	−0.154	−5.082	0.000

Excluded (non-significant) variables are: instructor, class day, time of class, gender, biology experience, year in college, family income, parent education, health, parent religiosity, involvement in clubs, church mission experience, and family religious affiliation

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