Test and control groups showed no significant pretest difference in creative writing¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2017: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Before the intervention, the creative writing levels of the test and control groups did not differ significantly. → Akdal 2014

Evidence¶

Akdal 2014¶

Akdal, D. & Şahin, A. (2014). The effects of intertextual reading approach on the development of creative writing skills. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 54, 171-186. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ejer

q2 · i? · causal · r1

One-way ANOVA of pretest essays written on self-chosen topics, scored by the researcher and two specialists; the article reports no significant pretest difference, establishing comparable starting levels. Equivalence was not formally tested beyond this null result.

"The output displayed in the table shows that there is not a significant difference between the pretest scores of the students from the test and the control groups [F(1,161); p>.05]."

Discussion¶

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