Skip to main content
. 2018 Jun 13;15(6):1256. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061256

Table 3.

Main effects of indoor temperature, noise and illuminance on learning efficiency in different tasks.

DF SS MS F p
Perception-oriented task AC a Temperature 2 266.485 133.242 3.329 0.037 *
Noise 3 140.617 46.872 1.171 0.321
Illuminance 2 10.990 5.495 0.137 0.872
RT a Temperature 2 4332.198 2166.099 2.478 0.085
Noise 3 6634.407 2211.469 2.530 0.057
Illuminance 2 23,257.991 11,628.996 13.306 0.000 *
PI a Temperature 2 0.116 0.058 2.742 0.066
Noise 3 0.166 0.055 2.623 0.051
Illuminance 2 0.561 0.280 13.286 0.000 *
Memory-oriented task AC a Temperature 2 143.889 71.944 0.376 0.687
Noise 3 263.056 87.685 0.458 0.712
Illuminance 2 27.222 13.611 0.071 0.931
RT a Temperature 2 503.439 251.719 4.144 0.017 *
Noise 3 1625.484 541.828 8.920 0.000 *
Illuminance 2 802.265 401.326 6.607 0.002 *
PI a Temperature 2 9.205 4.603 3.905 0.021 *
Noise 3 19.891 6.630 5.626 0.001 *
Illuminance 2 13.999 6.999 5.939 0.003 *
Problem-solving-oriented task AC a Temperature 2 168.889 84.444 0.210 0.811
Noise 3 2111.111 703.704 1.750 0.157
Illuminance 2 1135.556 567.778 1.412 0.245
RT a Temperature 2 11,086.794 5543.397 5.207 0.006 *
Noise 3 47,443.360 15,814.453 14.855 0.000 *
Illuminance 2 2820.614 1410.307 1.325 0.267
PI a Temperature 2 0.035 0.017 0.949 0.388
Noise 3 0.540 0.180 9.870 0.000 *
Illuminance 2 0.120 0.060 3.277 0.039 *
Attention-oriented task AC a Temperature 2 1.645 0.823 0.160 0.852
Noise 3 1.037 0.346 0.067 0.977
Illuminance 2 3.196 1.598 0.311 0.733
RT a Temperature 2 4211.492 2105.746 4.544 0.011 *
Noise 3 6441.957 2147.319 4.634 0.003 *
Illuminance 2 122.755 61.378 0.132 0.876
PI a Temperature 2 6.188 3.094 10.197 0.000 *
Noise 3 2.042 0.675 2.224 0.085
Illuminance 2 0.538 0.269 0.887 0.413

* Difference is significant at the p < 0.05 level (2-tailed). a AC—Accuracy Rate, RT—Reaction Time, PI—Performance Indicator.