Table 4.

Nonparametric tests to check the significance of differences in scores of Ravens standard progressive matrices, Eysenck personality questionnaire, Sinha’s Anxiety Scale, stress reaction check list and 16 personality factors for two groups of students categorized according to gender

Test statistic	Group	RSPM	P_P	P_E	P_N	P_L	SAS	SRC	PF16_A
Mann-Whitney U	Gender	706.5	361	607	624	572	605.5	406.5	741
Wilcoxon W		1696.5	1351	1597	1254	1202	1235.5	1036.5	1731
Z		−0.629	−4.06	−1.616	−1.445	−1.959	−1.624	−3.598	−0.288
Asymptotic significance (two-tailed)		0.529	<0.001	0.106	0.148	0.05	0.104	<0.001	0.773
Test statistic	PF16_C	PF16_E	PF16_F	PF16_G	PF16_H	PF16_I	PF16_L	PF16_M	PF16_N
Mann-Whitney U	671.5	669	727.5	706.5	676.5	618.5	701	582	532
Wilcoxon W	1661.5	1659	1717.5	1336.5	1667	1248.5	1691	1572	1162
Z	−0.976	−1.001	−0.422	−0.63	−0.927	−1.502	−0.686	−1.877	−2.373
Asymptotic significance (two-tailed)	0.329	0.317	0.673	0.529	0.354	0.133	0.493	0.061	0.018
Test statistic	PF16_O	PF16_Q1	PF16_Q2	PF16_Q3	PF16_Q4	PF16_EXT	PF16_ANX	PF16_TOUGH	PF16_IND
Mann-Whitney U	540	609	582.5	626	683	678.5	584	31	531.5
Wilcoxon W	1170	1599	1572.5	1256	1313	1668.5	1214	661	1521.5
Z	−2.279	−1.598	−1.86	−1.429	−0.861	−0.903	−1.836	−7.294	−2.354
Asymptotic significance (two-tailed)	0.023	0.11	0.063	0.153	0.389	0.366	0.066	<0.001	0.019

SAS – Sinha’s Anxiety Scale; SRC – Stress reaction check list; RSPM – Ravens standard progressive matrices; 16-PF – 16-personality factors