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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 29.
Published in final edited form as: Transp Res Part F Traffic Psychol Behav. 2016 Jul 5;41(A):19–28. doi: 10.1016/j.trf.2016.06.001

Table 2.

Repeated Measures ANCOVA Between Age Group, Billboard Type and Visual Attention Outcomes

Control Static 250-ft 500-ft

Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) ME Age ME BT Age * BT
Percent time
 Teen 20.74 (16.48) 25.02 (20.53) 27.85 (19.28) 31.39 (21.14) F (2, 51) F (3, 153) F (6, 153)
 Middle 5.80 (8.91) 6.78 (9.53) 7.68 (10.91) 9.23 (12.94) = 8.07 = 0.92 = 2.48
 Older 8.17 (12.60) 12.10 (18.43) 10.99 (17.07) 12.00 (18.25) p = 0.001 p = 0.433 p = 0.026
Number of Glances
 Glance ≥ 0.75 sec
  Teen 1.89 (1.70) 2.25 (2.19) 2.39 (1.78) 2.79 (2.06) F (2, 51) F (3, 153) F (6, 153)
  Middle 0.36 (0.67) 0.47 (0.96) 0.60 (1.03) 0.75 (1.20) = 7.02 = .71 = 0.67
  Older 0.76 (1.34) 1.00 (1.61) 1.06 (1.88) 1.06 (2.07) p = 0.002 p =.548 p = 0.671
 Glance ≥ 2.0 sec
  Teen 0.33 (0.51) 0.49 (0.69) 0.39 (0.58) 0.56 (0.62) F (2, 51) F (3, 153) F (6, 153)
  Middle 0.04 (0.18) 0.06 (0.14) 0.07 (0.17) 0.07 (0.21) = 3.95 = 2.59 = 0.91
  Older 0.13 (0.41) 0.26 (0.55) 0.19 (0.47) 0.15 (0.44) p = 0.026 p = 0.055 p = 0.488
Average Glance Length
 Teen 0.50 (0.33) 0.55 (0.40) 0.67 (0.39) 0.67 (0.32) F (2, 51) F (3, 153) F (6, 153)
 Middle 0.22 (0.21) 0.28 (0.22) 0.29 (0.21) 0.29 (0.25) = 6.30 = 0.27 = 1.28
 Older 0.27 (0.35) 0.35 (0.39) 0.35 (0.40) 0.28 (0.33) p = 0.004 p = 0.844 p = 0.271
Glance Pattern Activity
 Teen 1.69 (0.42) 1.74 (0.40) 1.70 (0.34) 1.75 (0.31) F (2, 51) F ( 3, 153) F (6, 153)
 Middle 1.85 (0.55) 1.90 (0.42) 1.87 (0.42) 1.89 (0.39) = 0.78 = 0.11 = 1.40
 Older 1.88 (0.55) 1.69 (0.52) 1.85 (0.45) 1.81 (0.48) p = 0.463 p = 0.953 p = 0.218

Note. Bold signifies p < .05; BT= Billboard Type; Far Visual Acuity served as covariate.