Estimated success at helping others learn Facebook decreases significantly as the hypothetical learner's age increases from 20 to 60¶

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q3 i3 University students' estimated success helping others learn Facebook significantly decreased with the learner's age (20, 40, 60), with a large main effect of age. → Harvey J. GINSBURG 2016

Evidence¶

Harvey J. GINSBURG 2016¶

Harvey J. GINSBURG, Rebecca CAMERON, Roque V. MENDEZ & Michael WESTHOFF. (2016). Helping others use social media: age stereotypes when estimating learner's success. Psychology, Society, & Education, 8(1), 1-12. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1123456

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Repeated measures experiment with 212 undergraduate Facebook users rating six hypothetical scenarios. The ANOVA showed "age differences in estimated learner success, F(1.802,383.84) = 114.42, p< .001,partial η2 = .349". Means declined from 7.47 (age 20) to 5.07 (age 40) to 3.62 (age 60).

"A repeated measures Univariate ANOVA showed age differences in estimated learner success, F(1.802,383.84) = 114.42, p< .001,partial η2 = .349."

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