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Table 4 Sample of focus group’s recommendations

From: Validity evidence for the translation and cultural adaptation of the measure of acceptance of the theory of evolution in Español (MATE-E)

Item and original statement

Statement evaluated by focus group

Recommendations

Statement as recommended

9: Organisms exist today in essentially the same form in which they always have

Los organismos existen hoy en día esencialmente de la misma forma (fenotipo) en que siempre han existido

1. Eliminar “esencialmente” (Eliminate “essentially”)

2. Sustituir “de la misma forma” por “con la misma apariencia física (Substitute “in the same way” for “with the same physical appearance”)

Los organismos existen hoy en día con la misma apariencia física (fenotipo) en que siempre han existido

Organisms exist today with the same physical appearance (phenotype) as they have always existed

15: Humans exist today in essentially the same form in which they always have

Los humanos existen hoy en día esencialmente de la misma forma (fenotipo) en que siempre han existido

1. Eliminar “esencialmente” (Eliminate “essentially”)

2. Sustituir “de la misma forma” por “con la misma apariencia física (Substitute “in the same way” for “with the same physical appearance”)

Los humanos existen hoy en día con la misma apariencia física (fenotipo) en que siempre han existido

Humans exist today with the same physical appearance (phenotype) as they have always existed

16: Evolutionary theory is supported by factual, historical, and laboratory data

La teoría evolutiva está apoyada por datos fácticos (verificables) históricos y de laboratorio

1. Sustituir “teoría evolutiva” por “teoría de la evolución” (Substitute “evolutionary theory” for “the theory of evolution”)

2. Sustituir “datos fácticos (verificables)” por “evidencia.” (Substitute “factual (verifiable) data” for “evidence”)

3. Sustituir “de laboratorio” por “científica.” (Substitute “from laboratory” for “scientific”)

La teoría de la evolución está apoyada por evidencia histórica y científica

The theory of evolution is supported by historical and scientific evidence

  1. Issues on items and recommendations are written in bold
  2. *For clarity purposes, literal translations of recommendations and statements as recommended were written in italics