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Table 1 Data across all sections surveyed

From: An exploration of instructor perceptions of community college students’ attitudes towards evolution

Professor

Course

Initial enrollment

Number enrolled

Number sampled

Mean

Standard deviation

Median

Mode

Range

Minimum score

Maximum score

Jones

A

63

58

31

79.8

16.0

83.0

84

61

39

100

A+

40

29

10***

81.9

16.5

84.0

N/A

45

54

99

B

25

23

16*

79.1

19.4

90.0

90

66

34

100

D

26

24

17**

76.9

18.8

81.0

83

76

24

100

F

51

33

21*

83

7.6

84.0

80

32

66

98

Orville

A+

44

34

22****

77.8

11.3

77.5

80

40

60

100

C

26

22

18

84.5

11.9

84.5

84

42

58

100

F

52

50

36*

78.8

13.7

80.0

98

51

47

98

Ronson

E

44

40

22

81.6

16.2

87.5

100

52

48

100

G

45

36

30

86.3

12.8

87.5

100

52

48

100

H

30

23

18

84.9

12.5

88.5

100

38

62

100

  1. Initial enrollment was recorded at the time of the first census, approximately 3 weeks into the course while number enrolled and number sampled refer to the number of students in the class at the time of study
  2. +, online course; *, each person sampled but excluded from analysis because he/she did not fully complete the survey; course letters in italics are those taken by both majors and nonmajors, underlined are those taken primarily by nonmajors