TABLE 2.
Correlations between explanatory characteristics, Verbal IQ (from the KBIT‐2), biological knowledge, child age, and parental education
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Verbal IQ | — | |||||||||||||
| 2. Bio knowledge | .59** | — | ||||||||||||
| 3. Child age | .00 | .35** | — | |||||||||||
| 4. Parental education | .17 | .15+ | .01 | — | ||||||||||
| 5. Length transformed | .24* | .20* | −.18* | .30** | — | |||||||||
| 6. Attempted | .25* | .13 | .02 | −.08 | .29** | — | ||||||||
| 7. Mechanistic | .30* | .20* | −.15 | .13 | .50** | .65** | — | |||||||
| 8. Teleological | .22+ | .17* | .02 | .05 | .34** | .43** | .46** | — | ||||||
| 9. Any accurate | .28* | .21 | −.06 | .03 | .56** | .71** | .65** | .52** | — | |||||
| 10. Any inaccurate | −.17 | .00 | .16 | −.01 | −.13 | .29** | −.03 | −.03 | −.20** | — | ||||
| 11. Correct answer | .33** | .26** | −.10 | .05 | .53** | .45** | .57** | .2** | .73** | −.44** | — | |||
| 12. Dogmatic | .04 | −.05 | −.04 | −.21** | −.02 | .25** | .04 | −10 | .01 | .21** | −.15+ | — | ||
| 13. Bridging | .06 | .03 | −.24** | .13 | .59** | .37** | .40** | .20** | .42** | .09 | .31** | .13 | — | |
| 14. Info search | .02 | .10 | −.11 | .12 | .27** | −.43** | −.25** | −.12 | −.12 | −.35** | .05 | −.22** | −.09 | — |
| 15. Limits | −.04 | .00 | .07 | .10 | .20** | −.19* | −.12 | .06 | −.06 | −.12 | .07 | −.17* | −.19* | .51** |
Sample sizes for all explanation‐focused cells and age are 148. The sample sizes for cells related to the KBIT‐2 are 71, and to parental education are 144.
**
p < .01;
*
p < .05;
+
p < .10.