Fig. 2

Student subgroup scores for acceptance of evolution, knowledge about evolution, and religious faith. Scaled values for the entire subgroup samples are displayed. Low scores correspond to low acceptance, low knowledge, and low religious faith. Black bars represent median scores. Boxes represent Q1 and Q3 (IQR). Whiskers represent minima and maxima. Dots represent outliers. Subgroup 1 (left half of the violin plots): biology-related students; Subgroup 2 (right half of the violin plots): non-biology students. Biology-related students: acceptance of evolution, n = 6056, Mscaled = 76.64, SD = 15.20; knowledge about evolution, n = 5616, Mscaled = 46.10, SD = 21.18; religious faith, n = 5912, Mscaled = 37.78, SD = 33.41. Non-biology students: acceptance of evolution, n = 2,470, Mscaled = 72.76, SD = 15.66; knowledge about evolution, n = 2189, Mscaled = 32.09, SD = 18.49; religious faith, n = 2441, Mscaled = 52.05, SD = 33.25