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Table 2 A comparison between grade groups across scoring methods by 7 days and 5 days

From: An evaluation of the EASY instrument in a cross-sectional study

 

Simple Sum (X, std)

Mean Scoring

(X, std)

Transformed

(X, std)

7 days

   

Grade 1- 5 N=311

32, 16.8

2.3, 1.2

32.6, 17.2

Grade 6-8 N = 303

29.7, 18.2

2.1, 1.3

30.3, 18.7

 

P = 0.10

P = 0.11

P=0.11

5 days

   

Grade 1- 5 N=311

31.6, 16.1

2.3, 1.2

35.1, 17.9

Grade 6-8 N = 303

29.2, 17.6

2.1, 1.3

32.5, 19.5

 

P = 0.08

P = 0.09

P=0.09

  1. Statistical values are based on 5 decimal points by computer analysis versus 1 decimal point used here in the table) results from mean score differ based on the number of decimal points used
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