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. 2017 May 23;15(5):e2002255. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2002255

Table 4. Class-level analysis of change in 3 scores as a function of teaching order.

p-Value is from a Mann Whitney U test. Ea = Evolution acceptance, gk = genetics knowledge, ek = evolution knowledge. EF = evolution first, GF = Genetics first. p-Values in bold are significant after Bonferonni correction. Raw data can be found in S1 and S2 Data.

Variable Ability p-value Mean change: GF sem N Mean change: EF sem N
ea all 0.293 2.094 0.304 44 2.741 0.483 26
gk all 0.971 2.076 0.283 44 1.882 0.344 26
ek all 0.004 0.614 0.081 44 0.309 0.133 26
ea F 0.387 1.959 1.092 9 3.485 1.078 9
ea H 0.815 2.128 0.274 35 2.347 0.47 17
gk F 0.2 3.071 0.857 9 1.345 0.668 9
gk H 0.447 1.82 0.271 35 2.167 0.388 17
ek F 0.329 0.521 0.217 9 0.443 0.347 9
ek H 0.006 0.638 0.087 35 0.238 0.096 17