Table 3.
Relative benefits of genome-edited crops by group type
| Grp type | Compared to GM crops | Compared to CONV crops | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | M | SD | N | M | SD | |
| Time preference | ||||||
| Short term | 54 | 3.58 | .69 | 55 | 3.66 | .80 |
| Long term | 54 | 3.56 | .75 | 55 | 3.83 | .64 |
| p value (t-test) | .904 | .220 | ||||
| Expertise | ||||||
| Scientist | 71 | 3.50 | .74 | 71 | 3.7 | .74 |
| Non-scientist | 37 | 3.70 | .67 | 39 | 3.79 | .72 |
| p value (t-test) | .187 | .613 | ||||
| Region | ||||||
| NA | 55 | 3.66 | .75 | 57 | 3.83 | .73 |
| Europe | 31 | 3.41 | .75 | 31 | 3.56 | .81 |
| ROW | 22 | 3.55 | .60 | 22 | 3.78 | .58 |
| p value (F-test) | .301 | .255 | ||||