Correlations Between Tree Thinking and Acceptance of Evolution in Introductory Biology Students

Table 3 Measure of the acceptance of the theory of evolution (MATE) scores

Semester	N	MATE_PRE		MATE_POST		c _M	(SD)
Semester	N	Mdn	[min, IQR, max]	Mdn	[min, IQR, max]	c _M	(SD)
F09	15	77^A	[43, 69–85, 100]	79^AB	[60, 69–91, 100]	0.15	(0.48)
S10	13	78^A	[53, 60–86, 100]	83^B	[60, 76–95, 100]	0.28	(0.35)
S11	101	76^A	[24, 66–83, 100]	78^B	[47, 68–90, 100]	0.20	(0.30)
F11	61	82^A	[31, 67–96, 100]	86^B	[42, 76–98, 100]	0.25	(0.36)
S12	79	81^A	[35, 70–94, 100]	88^B	[39, 75–97, 100]	0.30	(0.35)
F12	63	78^A	[35, 68–93, 100]	84^B	[39, 75–98, 100]	0.19	(1.00)
Total	304	78^A	[24, 68–92, 100]	83^B	[39, 74–96, 100]	0.24	(0.53)

Median (Mdn), minimum (min) inter quartile range (IQR), and maximum (max), values for MATE_PRE and MATE_POST scores, and the mean and standard deviation of normalized change (c _M, SD) for individual semesters and for total data pooled across S11, F11, S12, and F12. Within semesters and for the total data pooled across S11, F11, S12, and F12, median MATE_PRE and MATE_POST values followed by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05) in Wilcoxon Ranked Sum tests. N = sample size. MATE scores can range from 20 to 100.

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