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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 7.
Published in final edited form as: Hisp J Behav Sci. 2015 Mar 24;37(2):204–222. doi: 10.1177/0739986315573249

Table 3.

Effect sizes and Means for Ethnic Differences in SAT-V, SAT-M, and Overall SAT scores as a Function of the Covariates.

Covariate(s) Effect Sizes after the Removal of the Covariate(s)
SAT-V SAT-M Overall SAT
No covariate(s) .115** .106** .138**
Gender .131** .126** .161*
Gender, parental education .087** .109*** .123**
Gender, test anxiety, performance-avoidance, and epistemic
  belief of learning
.054*** .063** .077**
Gender, performance-avoidance and epistemic belief of learning .063** .068** .085**
Gender, performance-avoidance, epistemic belief of learning,
  and parental education
.033*** .057*** .050***
(ii) Means, Adjusted Means, and Standard Deviations by Ethnic Group as a Function of Removal of Covariates
European Americans Hispanics
SAT-V SAT-M Overall SAT SAT-V SAT-M Overall SAT
No covariates removed 559(84.57) 556(77.96) 1114(143.23) 496(71.99) 498(72.89) 994(128.50)
Gender removed 560(79.76) 557(74.74) 1117(135.37) 493(79.92) 495(75.35) 988(135.67)
Gender, parental education removed 557(79.89) 556(76.31) 1113(137.18) 501(81.93) 496(78.15) 997(140.56)
Gender, performance-avoidance,
epistemic belief of learning,
and parental education removed
548(74.50) 551(75.81) 1099(130.10) 520(78.50) 509(79.92) 1030(137.14)

Note. Effect sizes are partial η2.

*

indicates large effect,

**

indicates medium effect

***

indicates small effect.