Table 1 Numeral characteristics of psychomotor abilities of groups.

From: Psychomotor abilities of candidates for Polish Special Forces

Variable

Soldiers

Athlete

Non-athlete

p

\(\eta _{\textit{H}}^{2}\)

\(\bar{x} \pm sd\)

Me

\(\bar{x} \pm sd\)

Me

\(\bar{x} \pm sd\)

Me

SIRT

RT [ms]

\(350.6 \pm 35.2\)

348.5

\(333.0 \pm 34.0\)

331.5

\(336.4 \pm 49.8\)

323

0.0285*

0.03

MT [ms]

\(165.2 \pm 38.9\)

165.0

\(174.3 \pm 41.6\)

177.5

\(282.2 \pm 71.8\)

270.5

0.0001***

0.45

CHORT

RT [ms]

\(695.0 \pm 38.8\)

687.0

\(645.6 \pm 76.8\)

633.5

\(711.7 \pm 63.6\)

701.5

0.0002***

0.14

MT [ms]

\(186.3 \pm 42.3\)

182.0

\(209.2 \pm 72.9\)

189

\(320.3 \pm 93.9\)

300.5

0.0001***

0.41

c.r. [%]

\(96.7 \pm 5.1\)

100

\(93.3 \pm 6.0\)

92

\(94.8 \pm 8.3\)

96

0.0114*

0.04

HECOR

RT [ms]

\(421 \pm 32.3\)

417

\(392.5 \pm 36.0\)

390.5

\(413.0 \pm 40.9\)

406

0.0006***

0.09

MT [ms]

\(210.3 \pm 44.6\)

205.5

\(221.1 \pm 44.5\)

217.5

\(349.6 \pm 116.1\)

352

0.0001***

0.43

SPANT

RT [ms]

\(631.2 \pm 87.3\)

622

\(584.4 \pm 79.3\)

578

\(636.8 \pm 112.6\)

648

0.0237*

0.03

MT [ms]

\(208.8 \pm 46.3\)

199.5

\(248.9 \pm 75.6\)

233.5

\(375.0 \pm 110.6\)

362.5

0.0001***

0.43

c.r. [%]

\(93.5 \pm 8.4\)

95

\(93.4 \pm 6.4\)

95

\(89.8 \pm 15.4\)

95

0.7214

− 0.03

  1. SIRT simple reaction time, CHORT choice reaction time, HECOR hand-eye coordination test, SPANT spatial anticipation test, RT reaction time, MT movement time, c.r. correct responses, \(*>0.05, **>0.01,***>0.001\),\(\eta _{\text {H}}^{2}\)—effect size for the Kruskal–Wallis test.