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Table 2 Binary logistic regression estimates predicting knowledge that more than 80% of scientists accept evolution (results used to generate Fig. 3)

From: What’s effective and ineffective in preparing high school biology educators to teach evolution? Evidence from a representative national U.S. survey

 

ß

Std Err

p

College courses in biology

− 0.092

(0.105)

0.383

College courses in earth sciences

− 0.052

(0.068)

0.445

College courses in science teaching methods

0.160

(0.071)

0.024*

College courses focused on evolution

0.074

(0.091)

0.413

College courses with some evolution

0.210

(0.071)

0.003*

Methods courses covering PBL

− 0.156

(0.082)

0.056

Methods courses covering controversial topics

− 0.173

(0.102)

0.090

Under 10 years seniority (omitted)

  

 10–19 years seniority

0.287

(0.235)

0.223

 20+ years seniority

0.328

(0.246)

0.183

Female

− 0.135

(0.191)

0.480

Not based upon NGSS (omitted)

  

 Based upon NGSS

0.420

(0.227)

0.065

 Adopted NGSS

0.434

(0.230)

0.059

Constant

0.394

(0.509)

0.439

N

694

  
  1. *p < 0.05