Table 4 Results of participants’ performance in terms of recognition on the immediate and delayed test.
From: Using olfactory cues in text materials benefits delayed retention and schemata construction
Recognition | Descriptive statistics | Mann–Whitney U test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M (SD) | Mean rank | z | p | |||
EGa (n = 44) | CGb (n = 43) | EGa (n = 44) | CGb (n = 43) | |||
Immediate test | ||||||
Total | 16.27 (4.12) | 17.51 (3.51) | 40.44 | 47.64 | − 1.333 | 0.183 |
Poem 1 | 5.80 (1.76) | 6.09 (1.39) | 42.41 | 45.63 | − 0.605 | 0.545 |
Poem 2 | 5.02 (1.59) | 5.33 (2.07) | 40.92 | 47.15 | − 1.170 | 0.242 |
Poem 3 | 5.45 (1.69) | 6.09 (1.34) | 39.22 | 48.90 | − 1.821 | 0.069 |
Delayed test | ||||||
Total | 18.11 (4.07) | 16.40 (3.33) | 50.52 | 37.33 | − 2.449 | 0.014* |
Poem 1 | 6.27 (1.63) | 5.93 (1.12) | 48.82 | 39.07 | − 1.849 | 0.064 |
Poem 2 | 5.98 (1.65) | 4.93 (2.10) | 50.27 | 37.58 | − 2.380 | 0.017* |
Poem 3 | 5.86 (1.61) | 5.53 (1.56) | 46.72 | 41.22 | − 1.038 | 0.299 |