Poster character level shows no relationship with the quality or quantity of coded scientific habits of mind, apart from a mild negative correlation with social banter¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2 · i0 negligible
Currency · newest study 2008 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i0 The authors found no relationship between a poster's character level and the quality or quantity of coded attributes, other than a very mild negative correlation (r = -0.08) between character level and social banter. → Constance Steinkuehler 2008

Evidence¶

Constance Steinkuehler 2008¶

Constance Steinkuehler, Sean Duncan. (2008). Scientific Habits of Mind in Virtual Worlds. J Sci Educ Technol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-008-9120-8

q2 · i0 · associational · r2

Correlational analysis of virtual demographic data (character level) against code frequencies for the 1,087 unique posters found "no relationship between a given poster's character level" and coded attributes, with only r = -0.08 between level and social banter.

"we found no relationship between a given poster's character level (which represents their experience with the game) and the quality or quantity of the attributes for which we coded, other than a very mild and negative correlation ( r =-0.08) between author's character level and social banter."

Discussion¶

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