Table 7.
Comparisons and Effect Size of Attrition Based on Age, Gaming & Social Media Usage Years and Daily Time Consumed During the Week and the Weekend.
| Statistic | df | p | Mean difference | SE difference | Cohen's d /Effect Size | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaming years | Student's t | -3.466a | 554 | < .001 | -1.3068 | 0.377 | -0.2942 | ||||||||||
| Welch's t | -3.509 | 526 | < .001 | -1.3068 | 0.372 | -0.2960 | |||||||||||
| Mean daily gaming time in the week | Student's t | -0.873 | 555 | 0.383 | -0.1345 | 0.154 | -0.0741 | ||||||||||
| Welch's t | -0.870 | 539 | 0.385 | -0.1345 | 0.155 | -0.0739 | |||||||||||
| Mean daily gaming time in the weekend | Student's t | -0.159 | 553 | 0.874 | -0.0324 | 0.204 | -0.0135 | ||||||||||
| Welch's t | -0.159 | 550 | 0.874 | -0.0324 | 0.204 | -0.0135 | |||||||||||
| Age | Student's t | 4.967 | 560 | < .001 | 4.3653 | 0.879 | 0.4192 | ||||||||||
| Welch's t | 4.959 | 553 | < .001 | 4.3653 | 0.880 | 0.4188 | |||||||||||
| Social Media usage years | Student's t | 2.501 | 556 | 0.013 | 0.9300 | 0.372 | 0.2118 | ||||||||||
| Welch's t | 2.502 | 556 | 0.013 | 0.9300 | 0.372 | 0.2118 | |||||||||||
| Mean daily social media time in the week | Student's t | -2.313 | 543 | 0.021 | -0.4273 | 0.185 | -0.1983 | ||||||||||
| Welch's t | -2.309 | 535 | 0.021 | -0.4273 | 0.185 | -0.1982 | |||||||||||
| Mean daily social media time in the weekend | Student's t | -2.468 | a | 541 | 0.014 | -0.5233 | 0.212 | -0.2120 | |||||||||
| Welch's t | -2.447 | 501 | 0.015 | -0.5233 | 0.214 | -0.2111 | |||||||||||
aLevene's test is significant (p < .05), suggesting a violation of the assumption of equal variances.