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Table 2 Means and standard deviations for the knowledge, acceptance, concept use, and personal religious faith

From: An exploratory study on students’ denominations, personal religious faith, knowledge about, and acceptance of evolution

  

Separation of the sample by denominational groups

 

Sample (N = 172)

Protestant (n = 32)

Catholic (n = 84)

Muslim denominations (n = 28)

Atheistic (n = 28)

 

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

KAEVO 2.0

13.22 (3.27)

13.69 (3.43)

13.33 (3.36)

11.50 (3.12)

14.07 (2.40)

ATEVO 2.0

3.99 (0.51)

4.10 (0.53)

3.96 (0.47)

3.70 (0.49)

4.22 (0.50)

PERF 2.0

2.64 (1.27)

2.50 (1.12)

2.52 (1.06)

4.38 (0.59)

1.45 (0.48)

ACORNS KC

9.47 (5.02)

10.69 (5.84)

9.70 (4.88)

7.18 (4.61)

9.64 (4.32)

ACORNS MIS

2.76 (2.96)

2.31 (2.83)

3.02 (2.94)

2.18 (2.79)

3.04 (3.32)

  1. KAEVO 2.0 Knowledge about evolution 2.0; ATEVO 2.0 Attitudes towards evolution 2.0; PERF 2.0 Personal Religious Faith 2.0; ACORNS KC Assessment of contextual knowledge about natural selection (key concepts); ACORNS MIS Assessment of contextual knowledge about natural selection (misconceptions)