Table 4 Results from the simple slope analyses testing to what extent evolution understanding predicts evolution acceptance for students of different religiosity levels (1 for the least religious and 5 being the most religious)
Outcome variable | Religiosity level | β | SE | t-statistic | p-value | CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Macroevolution | 1 | 1.22 | 0.09 | 14.4 | 0.00 | 1.06–1.39 |
2 | 1.13 | 0.06 | 19.3 | 0.00 | 1.01–1.24 | |
3 | 1.03 | 0.04 | 24.9 | 0.00 | 0.95–1.11 | |
4 | 0.93 | 0.05 | 19.9 | 0.00 | 0.84–1.02 | |
5 | 0.83 | 0.07 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.70–0.97 | |
Evolution within the human species | 1 | 1.25 | 0.10 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 1.06–1.45 |
2 | 1.16 | 0.07 | 17.1 | 0.00 | 1.03–1.30 | |
3 | 1.07 | 0.05 | 22.3 | 0.00 | 0.98–1.17 | |
4 | 0.99 | 0.05 | 18.0 | 0.00 | 0.88–1.09 | |
5 | 0.90 | 0.08 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.74–1.06 | |
Common ancestry of human and non-human apes | 1 | 1.20 | 0.11 | 11.2 | 0.00 | 0.99–1.42 |
2 | 1.08 | 0.07 | 14.7 | 0.00 | 0.94–1.23 | |
3 | 0.96 | 0.05 | 18.4 | 0.00 | 0.86–1.06 | |
4 | 0.84 | 0.06 | 14.2 | 0.00 | 0.72–0.96 | |
5 | 0.72 | 0.09 | 8.2 | 0.00 | 0.55–0.89 | |
Common ancestry of life | 1 | 1.61 | 0.11 | 14.4 | 0.00 | 1.39–1.83 |
2 | 1.19 | 0.08 | 15.6 | 0.00 | 1.04–1.34 | |
3 | 0.78 | 0.05 | 14.4 | 0.00 | 0.67–0.88 | |
4 | 0.36 | 0.06 | 5.9 | 0.00 | 0.24–0.48 | |
5 | − 0.06 | 0.09 | − 0.6 | 0.54 | − 0.23–0.12 |