In a study of elderly experience of nursing care given at ho

In a study of elderly experience of nursing care given at home versus nursing care given in a hospital, the following results are reported: ‘Participants preferred medical care at home (M = 56, SD = 1.34) to being cared for in a hospital (M = 48, SD = 1.23). The difference is noted as t(18) = 4.40, p < .05 with an effect size of r = .72.’ What does this mean in terms of the significance of the study?

Highly significant with a medium sized effect

Highly significant with a substantial effect size

Not significant with a medium sized effect

Not significant but a substantial effect size

Levene’s test tests whether:

Data are normally distributed.

The variances in different groups are equal.

The assumption of sphericity has been met.

Group means differ.

Solution

What does this mean in terms of the significance of the study?

Highly significant with a medium sized effect

Levene’s test tests whether:

The variances in different groups are equal