Control and experimental groups did not differ significantly in pre-test attitude towards mathematics after homogeneity matching¶

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q2 i? Pre-test attitude scores showed no significant difference between groups (t = 0.056, p = 0.956); equivalence was established on marks and intelligence, not tested for attitude equivalence beyond the pre-test. → Muthulakshmi and Veliappan 2015

Evidence¶

Muthulakshmi and Veliappan 2015¶

P. Muthulakshmi, A. Veliappan. (2015). Effectiveness of an Interactive Multimedia Learning Package in Developing Attitude Towards Mathematics. i-manager's Journal on School Educational Technology, Vol. 11, No. 3, December 2015 - February 2016. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1131820

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Pre-test comparison in the same 42-student equivalent-group experiment. Table 3 reports means of 189.62 (control) and 189.19 (experimental), t = 0.056, p = 0.956, NS at 5% level.

"the calculated t-value (0.056) is less than table value (0.5197) for df (20) at 5% level of significance. Hence, the null hypothesis is accepted. It shows that, there is no significant difference in the pretest scores"

Discussion¶

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