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Table 1 Principal Axis Factor loadings of the ATEVO and PERF scale

From: European first-year university students accept evolution but lack substantial knowledge about it: a standardized European cross-country assessment

ATEVO

PERF

Item Nr

Factor loading

Item Nr

Factor loading

E1

0.49

F1

0.90

E2

0.53

F2

0.91

E3

0.60

F3

0.85

E4

0.45

F4

0.90

E5

0.55

F5

0.83

E6

0.38

F6

0.82

E7

0.68

F7

0.87

E8

0.49

F8

0.90

  

F9

0.84

  

F10

0.86

  1. Acceptance of evolution (ATEVO): n = 8737. Extraction method Principal Axis Factoring. Factor 1 = 2.23 (28% variance). KMO (Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin Test) = 0.79. Religious faith (PERF): n = 8529. Extraction method Principal Axis Factoring. Factor 1 = 7.55 (76% variance). KMO = 0.96