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.