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Table 3 Parameter estimates from linear mixed models for different context and scale of evolution acceptance

From: Exploring patterns of evolution acceptance, evolution understanding, and religiosity among college biology students in the United States

Outcome variables

Microevolution (−)

Microevolution (+)

Macroevolution

Evolution within the human species 

Common ancestry of human and non-human apes

Common ancestry of life

(Intercept)

3.64

3.78

3.62

3.6

3.78

2.63

Evolution understanding

1.41

1.06

1.27

1.42

1.44

2.11

Religiosity

− 0.03

− 0.02

− 0.05

− 0.13

− 0.19

0.11

Asian

− 0.12

− 0.09

− 0.08

− 0.12

− 0.01

0.05

Black/African American

− 0.11

− 0.1

− 0.04

− 0.11

− 0.08

0.05

Native American

− 0.14

− 0.01

− 0.04

− 0.04

0.18

0.19

Hispanic/Latinx

− 0.04

− 0.01

0.08

0.00

0.11

0.13

Multiracial

0.02

0.02

0.03

0.01

0.05

0.08

Native American

− 0.15

− 0.08

− 0.15

− 0.2

− 0.22

0.00

Woman

0.06

0.01

− 0.01

− 0.06

− 0.04

− 0.14

Other religion

− 0.04

− 0.03

0.03

0.07

0.13

0.05

Christian

− 0.11

− 0.11

− 0.11

− 0.17

− 0.2

− 0.21

Muslim

− 0.15

− 0.12

− 0.14

− 0.19

− 0.34

− 0.13

Non-biology major

− 0.03

− 0.04

− 0.04

− 0.04

− 0.07

− 0.08

Evolution understanding * religiosity

− 0.07

− 0.06

− 0.13

− 0.12

− 0.16

− 0.45

Random effects

      

R2

0.17

0.12

0.15

0.19

0.25

0.16

  1. Bolded numbers indicate p < 0.01