Assignment to the arousal condition correlates significantly but weakly with exam score (r = 0.176) in a correlation matrix of 846 students¶

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q3 i1 The only significant bivariate correlation (p<.000) was between experimental group membership and 15-point exam score (r = 0.176). → Rosegard 2013

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Rosegard 2013¶

Rosegard, E., & Wilson, J. (2013). Capturing students' attention: An empirical study. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 13, No. 5, December 2013. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1017063

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A Pearson correlation matrix (Table 1, N = 846) examined bivariate correlations among exam score, enthusiasm scale, arousal condition, stimuli type, semester, and section. The article reports "the only significant correlation (p<.000) was between the experimental group ... and the score on the 15-point exam (r=0.176)"; all other correlations were non-significant (e.g., r = .026 for enthusiasm).

"As hypothesized, the only significant correlation (p<.000) was between the experimental group (0=control or 1=experimental) and the score on the 15-point exam (r=0.176)."

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