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. 2023 Jan 14:1–27. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s10984-022-09447-5

Table 2.

Item mean (M) and standard deviation (SD), and difference (effect size and t) between students’ actual (A) and preferred (P) scores on QTI and OSE for online geography lessons

Scale M SD Difference
A P Diff A P Effect size t
QTI
 Leadership 3.92 4.24 0.32 0.72 0.54 0.34 3.54**
 Understanding 4.03 4.39 0.36 0.67 0.52 0.42 4.12**
 Helpful/friendly 4.01 4.43 0.42 0.69 0.58 0.50 5.12**
 Student responsibility/freedom 2.62 3.09 0.47 0.58 0.72 0.39 5.20**
 Uncertain 1.72 1.83 0.11 0.66 0.89 0.11 0.94
 Admonishing 2.09 1.92 − 0.17 0.53 0.74 − 0.13 − 1.73
 Dissatisfied 1.58 1.60 0.02 0.68 0.81 0.02 0.19
 Strict 2.58 2.44 − 0.14 0.57 0.83 − 0.13 − 1.41
OSE
 Skills (SE) 3.69 4.18 0.49 0.79 0.66 0.49 4.51**
 Emotions (EE) 3.95 4.27 0.32 0.72 0.65 0.38 3.22**
 Participation (PTE) 3.82 3.84 0.02 0.76 0.77 0.02 0.21
 Performance (PFE) 3.47 4.70 1.23 0.94 0.60 1.46 10.95**

**P < 0.01, n = 99, Average item mean = scale mean divided by the number of items in that scale

Effect size = difference between means divided by the pooled SD

The individual student score was used as the unit of analysis