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Table 3 Significant results of Mann-Whitney U tests. Only significant results are shown

From: What, who, and when? How social networking achieves online digital engagement in an architectural design studio

Dependent variable

‘What?’

Independent variable: Attachment or not? (Categorical variable).

 

N

Mean ranks

sd

U-statistic

p

Total number of likes

Attachment included

91

66.51

9.05

955.00

.007**

No attachment

31

46.81

Likes by students

Attachment included

91

66.12

8.48

990.50

.013*

No attachment

31

47.95

3.70

959.00

.007**

Comments by previous students

Attachment included

91

59.99

.28

1273.50

.046*

No attachment

31

65.92

Dependent variable

‘Who?’

Independent variable: Faculty or student member? (Categorical variable).

Categories

N

Mean ranks

sd

U-statistic

p

Total number of likes

Posts by faculty member

82

68.93

9.05

1030.50

.001***

Posts by student member

40

46.23

Likes by faculty

Posts by faculty member

82

66.32

1.61

1244.50

.016*

Posts by student member

40

51.61

Likes by students

Posts by faculty member

82

69.09

8.48

1017.5

.001***

Posts by student member

40

45.94

Likes by current students

Posts by faculty member

82

55.69

4.92

874

.040*

Posts by student member

40

43.81

  1. *Significant at p < .05 level
  2. **Significant at p < .01 level
  3. ***Highly significant at p < .001 level
  4. All results are for a 95% confidence interval