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Ohio Poll: 3 to 1 Margin Supports Teaching Evolution Controversy
DISCOVERY INSITITUTE NEWS ^ | 02/13/2006

Posted on 02/15/2006 10:25:06 AM PST by SirLinksalot

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Ohio 2006 Poll Results Executive Summary

By: Staff
Discovery Institute

February 13, 2006


This was a telephone survey of Ohio likely voters conducted by Zogby International 2/2/06 thru 2/3/06. The target sample is [601] interviews. The margin of error is +/- 4.1 percentage points.

Click here to see the complete poll results.

Which of the following two statements come closest to your own opinion?
A) Biology teachers should teach only Darwin’s theory of evolution and the scientific evidence that supports it.
B) Biology teachers should teach Darwin’s theory of evolution, but also the scientific evidence against it.
C) Neither/Not Sure


In 2006 in Ohio:
A = 19%
B = 68.8%
C = 12%

In 2002 in Ohio:
A = 19%
B = 65%
C = 16


Do you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with the following statement: “When Darwin’s theory of evolution is taught in school, students should also be able to learn about scientific evidence that points to an intelligent design of life.”
1. Strongly agree 2. Somewhat agree 3. Somewhat disagree 4. Strongly disagree 5. Not sure

In 2006 in Ohio:
1. Strongly agree 56.4%
2. Somewhat agree 19.3% Agree 75.7%
3. Somewhat disagree 5.0%
4. Strongly disagree 13.0% Disagree 18%
5. Not sure 5.9%

In 2002 in Ohio:
Strongly agree 55%
Somewhat agree 23% Agree 78%
Somewhat disagree 3.0%
Strongly disagree 10% Disagree 13%
Not sure 9.0%


Some other interesting findings:

Of those that agreed: Biology teachers should teach Darwin’s theory of evolution, but also the scientific evidence against it.
  • 78.6% of Republicans agreed, 58.6% of Democrats agreed, and 67% of Independents agreed.
  • 70% of men agreed, and 67.8% of women.
  • 51% had some high school, 69% graduated high school, 67.8% had some college, 70% had college degrees.

Of those that agreed: When Darwin’s theory of evolution is taught in school, students should also be able to learn about scientific evidence that points to an intelligent design of life.
  • 84.3% of Republicans agreed, 66.2% of Democrats and 75.2% of Independents agreed.
  • 73.1 of men agreed, and 78.1% of women.
  • 67.2% had some high school, 81% graduated high school, 82.5% had some college, 69.6% had college degrees.



Click here to see the complete poll results.





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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: controversy; crevolist; evolution; id; ohiopoll; scienceeducation
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To: Elsie; God

pinging God.


61 posted on 02/17/2006 8:05:23 AM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: cogitator

:-)


62 posted on 02/17/2006 8:07:14 AM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Coyoteman

Or sunset, depending on where the shot was taken?


63 posted on 02/17/2006 8:07:17 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: editor-surveyor
Or sunset, depending on where the shot was taken?

The url of the photo is http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/freeman/photo_graphics/pics/sunrise.jpg.

64 posted on 02/17/2006 8:14:57 AM PST by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: Coyoteman

Well THAT sure led me off for a while!


65 posted on 02/17/2006 1:37:27 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: editor-surveyor
You must be speaking of a different Stephen Gould than the one that wrote Wonderful Life, since in that book he plainly stated that Darwin's theory was in complete 180 degree disagreement with the observable fossil evidence.

I very much doubt it. Citation please, with context.

Gould even went so far as to dub the fossil record as a "cone of decreasing diversity" rather than the "cone of increasing diversity that is required by Darwin."

Context please.

66 posted on 02/17/2006 9:04:27 PM PST by curiosity
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To: curiosity
"Context please."

I gave you the context. Read the book for yourself.

67 posted on 02/18/2006 11:40:01 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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To: Dan(9698)
That is as strong a statement of faith as I have seen.

No, it's a qualitative probability estimate based on observation. Nice try though... ;-)

68 posted on 02/20/2006 5:06:20 AM PST by PreciousLiberty
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To: SirLinksalot
So how is Gould's theory a logical fallacy?

Gould's theory is not a logical fallacy ... it is a brilliant display of 'find the nut under the shell' game, with one difference ... there's no nut under there. Gould realized that the fossil record does not contain what Darwin requires ... "innumerable transitional forms." Rather, it contains a record of rapid appearance, stasis, and extinction. Evolution occurs too rapidly to leave any visible remains.

The evo-fundies on FR often maintain that its critical for a 'real' scientific theory to make predictions.

Well Gould had finally come up with the best theory possible to explain evolution ... his theory actually predicts that you won't find any evidence to support it!

69 posted on 02/20/2006 7:53:24 AM PST by dartuser (My sincere prayer for terrorists everywhere ... may they rest in pieces.)
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