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Table 2 A table to guide researchers to which evolution acceptance instrument could be best suited for their population and data collection needs

From: Evaluating the current state of evolution acceptance instruments: a research coordination network meeting report

 

Original MATE

MATE 2.0

I-SEA

Original GAENE

GAENE 3.0

EEQ

Gallup

Pew

Miller

For highly religious populations

 

X

X

      

For non-religious populations

 

X

X

X

X

    

For populations high in evolution acceptance

 

X

X

X

X

    

For populations low in evolution acceptance

 

X

X

      

For students with limited biology knowledge

 

X

 

X

X

    

For students with prior biology knowledge

 

X

X

X

X

    

For measuring macroevolution acceptance alone

 

X

X

      

For differentiating between micro, macro, and human evolution acceptance

  

X

      

For measuring acceptance of evolutionary psychology

     

X

   

For comparisons with other studies using the same measure

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

  1. An “X” indicates which instruments would be appropriate for each category, based on the consensus of the meeting participants