Male participants were almost twice as likely as females to be engaged in gaming¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2015: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Gender was a significant indicator of video gaming engagement, with males almost twice as likely to be engaged as females. → Bobby Hoffman 2010

Evidence¶

Bobby Hoffman 2010¶

Bobby Hoffman, Louis Nadelson. (2010). Motivational engagement and video gaming: a mixed methods study. Education Tech Research Dev 58:245-270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-009-9134-9

q2 · i? · associational · r2

From the same regression analysis of 189 participants (75.3% female); gender entered as a predictor contributed significantly (Table 5 reports R²Δ = .029, p = .008 for gender). The article states males were "almost twice as likely to be engaged in gaming as females"; no effect size is printed.

"Males were almost twice as likely to be engaged in gaming as females, making gender a significant indicator of video gaming engagement."

Discussion¶

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