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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Dec 14.
Published in final edited form as: School Psych Rev. 2006;35(4):645–662.

Table 5.

Means and Multivariate, Univariate, and Contrast Results for Three Planned Comparisons on Teacher-Rated Parent Involvement Scores

Means for the Groups
Subscale White (n = 202) Black (n = 110) Hispanic-English (n = 92) Hispanic-Spanish (n = 72)
Alliance 3.83 (0.683) 3.39 (0.732) 3.80 (0.628) 3.70 (0.623)
General Parent Involvement 2.34 (0.512) 1.94 (0.424) 2.22 (0.533) 2.06 (0.540)
Teacher Initiation 3.49 (0.806) 3.48 (0.794) 3.51 (0.933) 3.31 (0.909)

df M F p

Multivariate testa 9/1425 - 6.516 .000
Univariate tests
 Alliance 3/475 4.814 10.873 .000
 General Parent
 Involvement 3/475 3.303 13.427 .000
 Teacher Initiation 3/475 0.938 1.317 .268

Contrast Results (p Values)
Subscale Nonminority vs. Minority Black vs. Hispanic Hispanic-English vs Hispanic-Spanish.

Alliance .343 .000 .732
General Parent Involvement .000 .000 .251
Teacher Initiation .268 .460 .072

Note: Standard deviations are given in parentheses.

a

Pillai's trace test was applied.