Musical training remains a significant predictor of overall marks in multiple regression with income and grade, which have higher partial correlations¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2009 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Grade (partial correlation -.466), parent's income (.395) and music (.339) each significantly predicted overall average marks; music retained significance (t=3.950, p<.001) with other predictors held constant. → Olive Emil Wetter 2009 q2 i? After excluding non-significant gender and handicraft, the three significant predictors accounted for 43% of the variance of overall average marks. → Olive Emil Wetter 2009

Evidence¶

Olive Emil Wetter 2009¶

Olive Emil Wetter, Fritz Koerner, Adrian Schwaninger. (2009). Does musical training improve school performance? Instr Sci 37:365–374. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-008-9052-y

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Multiple linear regression on 134 children with gender, grade, parent's income, music and handicraft as predictors; Table 3 prints music Beta .280, partial correlation .339, t=3.950, p<.001; R=.654, R2=.428.

"Grade and parent’s income reach the highest partial correlations. But, interestingly, the predictor music still proves highly significant after the other predictors are held constant (Table 3)."

Discussion¶

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