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Table 3 Correlation coefficients Γ[X,Y] between variables X,Y{DIN,DOUT,GIN,GOUT}

From: Concept networks of students’ knowledge of relationships between physics concepts: finding key concepts and their epistemic support

 

Γ[DIN,DOUT]

Γ[GIN,GOUT]

Γ[DIN,GIN]

Γ[DOUT,GOUT]

log β

-2\0 \2

-2\0 \2

-2\0 \2

-2 \0 \2

ρ

0.66\0.66\0.59

0.64\0.31\0.29

1.00\0.89\0.84

0.99\0.86\0.82

τ

0.51\0.50\0.44

0.48\0.20\0.18

0.95\0.73\0.68

0.95 \0.71\0.66

  1. The Spearman ρ and Kendall τ correlation coefficients are provided for epistemic weights logβ=−2,0 and 2 (separated by \in the same order). All correlation coefficients have p-values p<0.005