Table 2 The ANOVA results by taking internet use frequency and demographics as independent variables and the immediate recall task and delayed recall task as the dependent variable respectively.

From: Frequent internet use is associated with better episodic memory performance

Variable

Immediate word recall

Delayed word recall

Sum Sq.

d.f.

Mean Sq.

F

p

η2

Sum

Sq.

d.f.

Mean Sq.

F

p

η2

Age

1373.5

86

15.97

21.78

 < 0.001

0.04

1677.61

86

19.51

26.24

 < 0.001

0.05

Sex

258.7

1

258.73

352.87

 < 0.001

0.01

293.2

1

293.20

394.47

 < 0.001

0.01

Monthly income

152.2

2

76.09

103.78

 < 0.001

0.00

107.4

2

53.70

72.25

 < 0.001

0.00

Education

483.4

1

483.43

659.34

 < 0.001

0.01

388.55

1

388.55

522.75

 < 0.001

0.01

Marital Status

2.3

1

2.25

3.07

0.08

0.00

2.92

1

2.92

3.93

 < 0.05

0.00

Residence

68.9

1

68.95

94.04

 < 0.001

0.00

59.26

1

59.26

79.73

 < 0.001

0.00

Internet use frequency

1002.2

4

250.56

341.73

 < 0.001

0.03

794.58

4

198.64

267.25

 < 0.001

0.02

Error

26721.4

36,445

0.73

   

27088.95

36,445

    

Total

34153.5

36,541

    

34381.96

36,541