Table 10.
Independent sample t-tests of Beijing and Guizhou students' ATLE.
| Levene's test for equality | T -test for equality of means | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | Sig. | t | df | Sig. (two-tailed) | Mean difference | Std. error difference | 95% confidence interval | ||
| Lower | Upper | ||||||||
| AQ | 28.73 | 0.000 | 5.47 | 472.44 | 0.000 | 0.30 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.41 |
| FF | 21.91 | 0.000 | 4.27 | 488.26 | 0.000 | 0.27 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.40 |
| II-CW | 32.19 | 0.000 | 3.46 | 457.52 | 0.001 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.32 |
| MSS | 22.95 | 0.000 | 3.16 | 472.19 | 0.002 | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.35 |
| Mem | 9.96 | 0.002 | 2.197 | 485.86 | 0.028 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.32 |
| RI-Und | 41.59 | 0.000 | 3.01 | 444.20 | 0.003 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.29 |
AQ, Aim for Qualification; FF, Fear of Failure; II-CW, Intrinsic Interest and Commitment to Work; MSS, Minimizing Scope of Study; Mem, Memorization; RI-Und, Relating Ideas and Understanding.