Visualization format has a large multivariate and univariate effect on identifying motions and spatial arrangements¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3 · i3 large
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q3 i3 A MANOVA showed the three groups differed significantly on the multivariate level (Wilks lambda = 0.35, F = 28.84, p = 0.000, η2 = 0.407) and on both univariate dependent variables (motions: η2 = 0.552; arrangements: η2 = 0.208). → Rolf Ploetzner 2021

Evidence¶

Rolf Ploetzner 2021¶

Rolf Ploetzner, Sandra Berney, Mireille Bétrancourt. (2021). When learning from animations is more successful than learning from static pictures: learning the specifics of change. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-021-09541-w

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Multivariate analysis of variance (Table 3) on the two dependent measures across the Picture, Four Pictures, and Animation groups: multivariate Wilks lambda = 0.35, F = 28.84, p = 0.000, η2 = 0.407; univariate η2 = 0.552 for motions and η2 = 0.208 for arrangements, both p = 0.000. Mechanical and spatial ability were not entered as covariates because group differences and correlations were nonsignificant.

"On the multivariate level, the investigated groups differ significantly. The effect size is large (cf. Cohen, 1988; Rosenthal, 1994). On the univariate level, the groups differ significantly with respect to the identification of motions as well as with respect to the identification of arrangements. The effect sizes are large"

Discussion¶

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