Reliability of the Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution (MATE) Instrument with University Students

By M. Rutledge, K. Sadler. 2007

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A More Fine-Grained Measure of Students' Acceptance of Evolution: Development of the Inventory of Student Evolution Acceptance—I-SEA (2012, methodology): “The MATE has been widely employed to measure teachers’ and students’ acceptance of evolution as it is found to be both internally consistent (Cronbach’s alpha ¼ 0.94) with a strong test–retest reliability (Pearson’s r ¼ 0.92) (Rutledge & Sadler, 2007).”
Feeling of certainty: Uncovering a missing link between knowledge and acceptance of evolution (2012, methodology): “940, which is quite similar to the value reported in Rutledge and Sadler’s (2007) study (a 1⁄4 0.”
A Cross‐Cultural Comparison of Korean and American Science Teachers’ Views of Evolution and the Nature of Science (2011, result): “Cronbach’s α for our sample was 0.84, which is slightly lower than that reported in previous studies of American samples (Rutledge & Sadler, 2007; α = 0.94).”