Males outperformed females on all six spatial orientation tests, with effect sizes ranging from small to moderate (R2 = 0.03 to 0.17)¶

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q3 i? Males significantly outperformed females on all six spatial orientation tests, with the largest effect for map reading (R2 = 0.17) and the smallest for scanning (R2 = 0.03); no standardised effect size (d, g, r) was printed, so magnitude is uncoded. → Malanchini 2020

Evidence¶

Malanchini 2020¶

Malanchini, M., Rimfeld, K., Shakeshaft, N. G., McMillan, A., Schofield, K. L., Rodic, M., Rossi, V., Kovas, Y., Dale, P. S., Tucker-Drob, E. M. & Plomin, R. (2020). Evidence for a unitary structure of spatial cognition beyond general intelligence. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-020-0067-8

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Phenotypic sex comparison on the six VR orientation tests in the TEDS sample. "Males out- performed females in all tests", with effect sizes from small to moderate; map reading R2 = 0.17, scanning R2 = 0.03.

"We found signi ficant differences in performance between males and females across all tests (Supplementary Table 2). Males out- performed females in all tests, effect sizes ranged between small and moderate. The biggest effect size was observed for map reading ( R2 = 0.17) and the smallest effect size was observed for scanning ( R2 = 0.03)."

Discussion¶

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