Table 4 A Comparison of Means and Standard Deviations for the 19- and 26-item Forms
From: Validating a measure of motivational climate in health science courses
Scale | 19-item form | 26-item form | Difference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | M | SD | |ΔM| | |ΔSD| | |
New Zealand | ||||||
Empowerment | 4.46 | 0.83 | 4.47 | 0.82 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Usefulness | 4.82 | 0.99 | 4.82 | 0.97 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
Success | 4.42 | 0.86 | 4.42 | 0.86 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Interest | 4.30 | 1.08 | 4.24 | 1.08 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
Caring | 5.25 | 0.63 | 5.15 | 0.64 | 0.10 | 0.01 |
Mexico | ||||||
Empowerment | 5.08 | 0.78 | 5.10 | 0.78 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
Usefulness | 5.39 | 0.75 | 5.40 | 0.72 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
Success | 5.35 | 0.71 | 5.35 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Interest | 5.13 | 0.98 | 5.16 | 0.92 | 0.03 | 0.06 |
Caring | 5.68 | 0.53 | 5.63 | 0.56 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
Iceland | ||||||
Empowerment | 4.06 | 0.97 | ||||
Usefulness | 4.77 | 0.98 | ||||
Success | 4.63 | 0.93 | ||||
Interest | 4.04 | 1.26 | ||||
Caring | 5.18 | 0.79 | ||||