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Evolution: Education and Outreach

Table 4 Summary of item functioning for the GAENE

From: Measuring evolution acceptance using the GAENE: influences of gender, race, degree-plan, and instruction

Item	Item fit	Rating scale separation
GAENE 2	Acceptable	Poor in post^a
GAENE 3	Acceptable	Poor in post^a
GAENE 4	Acceptable	Poor in pre and post^a
GAENE 5	Acceptable	Acceptable
GAENE 6	Acceptable	Poor in post^a
GAENE 7	Borderline	Poor in pre and post
GAENE 8	Acceptable	Poor in post^a
GAENE 9	Acceptable	Poor in post
GAENE 10	Acceptable	Poor in post^a
GAENE 11	Acceptable	Poor in post^a
GAENE 12	Acceptable	Poor in post^a
GAENE 13	Not acceptable	Poor in pre and post
GAENE 14	Acceptable	Poor in post^a

^aItems for which poor separation coincided with a low frequency of responses. Italic items show patterns indicative of problems with their ability to reliably measure evolution acceptance.

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