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. 2016 Aug 24;7:1181. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01181

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics for key variables by grade level.

First grade n = 114 Second grade n = 98 Third grade n = 84
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
MASYC negative reactions 1.69a 0.91 1.45b 0.64 1.59c 0.78
MASYC numerical confidence 1.83 0.72 1.61 0.64 1.74 0.69
MASYC worry 1.83 0.80 1.73 0.69 1.88 0.72
MASYC-R negative reactions 1.59 0.82 1.34 0.58 1.45 0.66
MASYC-R numerical confidence 1.77 0.89 1.55 0.76 1.75 0.88
MASYC-R worry 2.12 0.84 1.99 0.78 2.20 0.85
General anxiety 1.95 0.72 1.88 0.72 2.06 0.72
Math confidence 3.56a 0.44 3.57a 0.45 3.35b 0.58
Math interest 3.28 0.86 3.24 0.91 3.21 0.91
Math importance 3.45 0.56 3.55 0.58 3.51 0.56
Math performance 32.80a 19.63 47.92b 19.51 69.77c 17.82

The statistics for the anxiety factors are based on the original scale metric (1–4) and are not factor scores. The numerical confidence scale is reverse-coded such that higher numbers are equivalent to lower confidence. The sample sizes for math performance are: first grade = 106, second grade = 96, third grade = 79. If a score has a superscript of a different letter from another, those were found to be statistically significantly different from one another. If there are no superscripts there was no difference.