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. 2015 Feb 28;15:18. doi: 10.1186/s12877-015-0015-2

Table 6.

Group differences and effect of age, light and interaction of light x age on driving performance (measured on a straight stretch)

Young (N  = 28) Old (N  = 25) Significance
Age Light Light x Age
Driving speed [km/h] (SD) Day 82.0 (2.4) 78.5 (3.1) F(1,51) = 18.8 p < 0.001 η2 = 0.269 F(1,51) = 2.1 p = 0.162 η2 = 0.038 F(1,51) = 1.2 p = 0.278 η2 = 0.023
Night 82.1 (2.4) 79.5 (3.8)
Driving speed variance [km/h] (SD) Day 2.4 (2.5) 12.7 (12.5) F(1,51) = 30.4 p < 0.001 η2 = 0.373 F(1,51) = 2.8 p = 0.099 η2 = 0.052 F(1,51) = 1.2 p = 0.279 η2 = 0.023
Night 4.0 (5.4) 20.0 (26.4)
Lane-keeping [degree] (SD) Day 0.4 (0.2) 0.7 (0.3) F(1,51) = 19.2 p < 0.001 η2 = 0.274 F(1,51) = 10.4 p = 0.002 η2 = 0.169 F(1,51) = 1.5 p = 0.229 η2 = 0.028
Night 0.5 (0.3) 0.9 (0.4)
Lane-keeping variance [degree] (SD) Day 0.2 (0.1) 0.6 (0.7) F(1,51) = 13.4 p = 0.001 η2 = 0.209 F(1,51) = 0.8 p = 0.384 η2 = 0.015 F(1,51) = 0.1 p = 0.705 η2 = 0.003
Night 0.2 (0.2) 0.7 (1.1)

η2 refers to partial η2.