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Published in final edited form as: Creat Res J. 2010 Feb 1;22(1):14–26. doi: 10.1080/10400410903579510

Table 1. Effects of field and experience on problem definition, information gathering, information organization, and conceptual combination.

	Problem Definition				Information Gathering				Information Organization				Conceptual Combination

	F	df	p	η²	F	df	p	η²	F	df	p	η²	F	df	p	η²
Covariates
Intelligence	7.19	1, 249	.008	.028
Openness	3.73	1, 249	.055	.015
Effects
Field	36.23	2, 249	.001	.225	26.07	2, 252	.001	.171	13.98	2, 252	.001	.100	3.83	2, 252	.023	.030
Level of Experience	.16	1, 249	.683	.001	.04	1, 252	.838	.001	.04	1, 252	.850	.001	3.37	1, 252	.068	.013
Field by Level of Exp.	2.60	2, 249	.076	.020	.45	2, 252	.635	.004	.99	2, 252	.373	.008	.12	2, 252	.890	.001

Note. F = F-ratio, df = degrees of freedom, p = significance level, η² = eta-squared effect size