Both groups improved significantly from pre-test to post-test with no pre-existing difference between them¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Pre-test means were nearly identical (A: 80.98, B: 80.51) and both groups' mean scores increased significantly from pre-test to post-test. → Xu 2018

Evidence¶

Xu 2018¶

Liju Xu. (2018). Learning and Retaining Technical Vocabulary with Enhancement Activities in an ESP Course. English Language Teaching, 11(10). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v11n10p145

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Comparison of pre-test and post-test means reported in Table 1 for both groups of 100; the article states "the mean scores of both groups increased significantly from pre-test to post-test" without printing a test statistic or effect size. Pre-test means were 80.98 (A) and 80.51 (B).

"The statistics of the results also indicated that the mean scores of both groups increased significantly from pre-test to post-test."

Discussion¶

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