No GPA difference between male and female older learners, or across faculties¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? GPA did not differ between males and females (F(1,332) = 0.292, p = 0.589) or across faculty enrolment (F(2,331) = 0.431, p = 0.650). → Imlach 2017

Evidence¶

Imlach 2017¶

Imlach, A.-R., Ward, D. D., Stuart, K. E., Summers, M. J., Valenzuela, M. J., King, A. E., Saunders, N. L., Summers, J., Srikanth, V. K., Robinson, A. & Vickers, J. C. (2017). Age is no barrier: predictors of academic success in older learners. npj Science of Learning 2:13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-017-0014-5

q2 · i? · associational · r2

One-way ANOVAs on the full sample compared GPA by sex and by faculty enrolment (arts, science, other). Neither test was significant; the faculty ANOVA gave F(2,331) = 0.431, p = 0.650. No effect sizes are printed for these comparisons.

"there was no difference in GPA score ( F(1,332) = 0.292, p = 0.589) between males (M = 5.63, SD = 1.03) and females (M = 5.57, SD = 0.94)"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

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