Table 6.
Comparisons classified as supporting, null, or conflicting the hypotheses
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All hypotheses | Hypothesis 1 | ||||
| Total comparisons | 192 | Total comparisons | 24 | ||
| Support | 154 | 80.2 | Support | 16 | 66.7 |
| Null | 22 | 11.5 | Null | 8 | 33.3 |
| Conflict | 16 | 8.3 | Conflict | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hypothesis 2 | Hypothesis 3 | ||||
| Total comparisons | 12 | Total comparisons | 24 | ||
| Support | 10 | 83.3 | Support | 18 | 75.0 |
| Null | 2 | 16.7 | Null | 5 | 20.8 |
| Conflict | 0 | 0.0 | Conflict | 1 | 4.2 |
| Hypothesis 4 | Hypothesis 5 | ||||
| Total comparisons | 24 | Total comparisons | 36 | ||
| Support | 16 | 66.7 | Support | 31 | 86.1 |
| Null | 7 | 29.2 | Conflict | 5 | 13.9 |
| Conflict | 1 | 4.2 | |||
| Hypothesis 6 | Hypothesis 7 | ||||
| Total comparisons | 36 | Total comparisons | 36 | ||
| Support | 32 | 88.9 | Support | 31 | 86.1 |
| Conflict | 4 | 11.1 | Conflict | 5 | 13.9 |
Support indicates statistically significant difference in the hypothesized direction or no statistically significant difference when no difference was hypothesized, Null indicates no statistically significant difference despite a hypothesis means should differ, Conflict indicates a statistically significant difference that is contrary to the hypothesized direction or no statistically significant difference when a difference was hypothesized