Table 1.
Zero-order correlations and descriptive statistics for major variables in Study 1
| Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Baseline Performance | -- | |||||
| 2. Gender | −.07 | -- | ||||
| 3. Initial Perceived Confidence | −.17 | .18 | -- | |||
| 4. Perceived Utility Value | −.15 | .08 | .28** | -- | ||
| 5. Task Performance | .21* | .26* | .30** | .14 | -- | |
| 6. Interest | −.19 | .16 | .37** | .74** | .26* | -- |
| M | 5.44 | .52 | 5.08 | 5.41 | 27.33 | 5.64 |
| SD | 2.41 | .50 | 1.17 | 1.06 | 8.44 | 1.07 |
| Cronbach’s α | .79 | .88 | .90 | |||
Note. Values ranged from 1 (low) to 7 (high) except for gender (0 for females, 1 for males), baseline performance (from 0 to 9 problems) and task performance (from 2 to 48 problems).
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.