Table 1.
†Alpha levels for significance were predetermined at 0.05 (significant, *), 0.01, and 0.001 (highly significant, ** and ***, respectively).
| Expert drummers (ED) N = 11 | Amateur drummers (AD) N = 11 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Median (min/max) | Median (min/max) | Mann–Whitney U p-value (2-tailed)† | |
| Age (yrs) | 24.0 (19.4/40.1) | 27.7 (21.1/34.4) | 0.077 |
| AoC (yrs) | 9 (4/14) | 14 (9/22) | ** |
| YoP (yrs) | 16 (9.6/35.1) | 12.7 (3.0/21.4) | n.s. |
| CLP (1,000 h) | 8.8 (3/15) | 2.4 (0.5/6.9) | *** |
Descriptive overview of relevant demographic data of the ED and AD groups. AoC, age of commencement of musical practice (drums); YoP, total years of practice (drums); CLP, cumulative life-time practice (from year-by-year daily/weekly practice according to retrospective self-reports).