Table 4.
T-test results for the comparisons of the physical features of the crowding and thinned forests.
| Item | Crowding Forest | Thinned Forest | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 125 | Average | S.D. | Average | S.D. | t | p | r | |
| Temperature (°C) | 24.2 | 7.6 | 24.3 | 7.9 | 0.339 | 0.735 | - | 0.022 |
| Relative Humidity (%) | 70.0 | 34.4 | 73.3 | 39.3 | 4.240 | 0.000 | ** | 0.260 |
| Wind velocity (m/s) | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 3.873 | 0.000 | ** | 0.238 |
| Radiant heat (°C) | 25.3 | 9.8 | 25.5 | 10.5 | 0.368 | 0.713 | - | 0.024 |
| n = 72 | Average | S.D. | Average | S.D. | t | p | r | |
| Illuminance (lux) | 119.2 | 48.5 | 255.0 | 97.6 | 14.700 | 0.000 | ** | 0.664 |
| Sound pressure (dB) | 39.0 | 3.9 | 41.5 | 3.8 | 4.285 | 0.000 | ** | 0.317 |
**: p < 0.01, *: p < 0.05, -: not significant, unpaired t-test; n = 125, n = 72.