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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 2 Distribution of Portuguese grades and overall average grades from all 1st semester courses

From: Reading processes of public and private middle school and high school students

 

Group

Mean (grade)

SD

95% CI

p-value

Multiple comparisons

p-value

significance

Portuguese score

Elementary school II

      

G 1

6.70

1.45

6.15

7.24

0.009*

0.007

no

G 8

7.57

1.32

7.03

8.05

Total

7.14

1.45

6.77

7.51

   

G 2

6.83

1.72

6.22

7.44

0.114

0.010

no

G 9

7.29

1.27

6.82

7.76

Total

7.05

1.53

6.67

7.44

   

G 3

7.30

1.39

6.81

7.78

0.112

0.008

no

G 10

7.66

0.91

7.32

8.00

Total

7.46

1.20

7.17

7.76

   

G 4

6.50

1.93

5.79

7.21

0.509

0.013

no

G 11

6.49

1.27

6.02

6.96

Total

6.49

1.62

6.08

6.91

   

High school

       

G 5

6.70

1.83

6.03

7.36

0.947

0.017

no

G 12

6.11

0.69

5.85

6.37

Total

6.41

1.42

6.05

6.78

   

G 6

7.39

1.32

6.90

7.89

1.000

0.025

no

G 13

5.80

1.12

5.39

6.21

Total

6.58

1.45

6.21

6.96

   

G 7

8.21

1.20

7.76

8.66

1.000

0.050

no

G 14

5.82

1.23

5.37

6.27

Total

7.00

1.70

6.56

7.43

   

Overall average score

Elementary school II

       

G 1

7.18

1.36

6.67

7.69

0.132

0.007

no

G 8

7.56

1.30

7.08

8.04

Total

7.37

1.33

7.03

7.72

   

G 2

7.74

1.21

7.31

8.17

0.952

0.013

no

G 9

7.19

1.38

6.68

7.69

Total

7.47

1.31

7.14

7.80

   

G 3

7.24

1.45

6.74

7.74

0.193

0.008

no

G 10

7.51

0.96

7.15

7.87

Total

7.37

1.25

7.05

7.68

   

G 4

6.85

1.59

6.27

7.44

0.723

0.010

no

G 11

6.63

1.37

6.12

7.13

Total

6.74

1.47

6.36

7.11

   

High school

       

G 5

7.01

1.16

6.60

7.43

0.999

0.017

no

G 12

5.93

0.90

5.59

6.27

Total

6.49

1.17

6.19

6.79

   

G 6

7.48

1.19

7.04

7.93

1.000

0.025

no

G 13

6.18

1.18

5.74

6.61

Total

6.82

1.34

6.47

7.17

   

G 7

7.06

1.02

6.68

7.44

1.000

0.050

no

G 14

5.52

1.21

5.07

5.96

Total

6.28

1.36

5.93

6.63

   
  1. Student’s t test
  2. Bonferroni multiple comparison
  3. *Evidence of statistical association (p < 0.05)