Evolutionary Attitudes and Literacy Survey (EALS): Development and Validation of a Short Form

Table 4 Latent correlations between the 16 lower-order constructs (i.e., subscales) of the EALS-SF

Construct	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1. Political Activity	1.00
2. Religious Activity	.12	1.00
3. Conservative Self-Identity	−.14	.39	1.00
4. Attitudes Towards Life	−.08	.62	.56	1.00
5. Intelligent Design Fallacies	−.04	.65	.52	.64	1.00
6. Young Earth Creationist Beliefs	−.04	.71	.49	.64	.96	1.00
7. Moral Objections	−.04	.54	.48	.51	.92	.84	1.00
8. Social Objections	.02	.45	.36	.38	.72	.65	.74	1.00
9. Distrust of the Scientific Enterprise	−.03	.59	.49	.59	.98	.87	.90	.79	1.00
10. Relevance of Evolutionary Theory	.09	−.48	−.35	−.46	−.80	−.71	−.69	−.56	−.78	1.00
11. Genetic Literacy	.11	−.41	−.26	−.40	−.70	−.60	−.61	−.48	−.63	.70	1.00
12. Evolutionary Knowledge	.08	−.32	−.30	−.34	−.67	−.58	−.58	−.50	−.65	.77	.83	1.00
13. Knowledge about Scientific Enterprise	.07	−.27	−.24	−.20	−.54	−.43	−.49	−.51	−.53	.57	.60	.68	1.00
14. Evolutionary Misconceptions	.07	.02	−.09	.06	−.02	−.05	−.01	−.03	−.03	−.20	.04	−.11	.07	1.00
15. Self Exposure to Evolution	.24	−.25	−.30	−.28	−.43	−.43	−.41	−.26	−.45	.41	.44	.46	.28	.05	1.00
16. Youth Exposure to Evolution	.29	−.15	−.23	−.22	−.36	−.39	−.33	−.25	−.41	.35	.38	.47	−.31	−.03	.84	1.00

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