Test Anxiety Levels of Board Exam Going Students in Tamil Nadu, India
Table 7
Gender difference observed in 10th and 12th grades.
Questions
10th grade
12th grade
Male
Female
Male
Female
Q1
3.5 ± 0.71
3.3 ± 0.56
3.8 ± 0.6
3.1 ± 0.4∗
Q2
2.8 ± 0.71
2.65 ± 0.8
3.2 ± 0.6
2.4 ± 0.5∗
Q3
3.5 ± 0.62
2.96 ± 0.71∗
3.2 ± 0.6
3.04 ± 0.85
Q4
2.8 ± 0.86
2.7 ± 0.9
3.1 ± 0.6
2.3 ± 0.9∗
Q5
2.2 ± 0.65
2.3 ± 0.98
3.0 ± 0.6
2.0 ± 0.9∗
Q6
3.9 ± 0.32
3.6 ± 0.84
3.5 ± 0.6
3.7 ± 0.7
Q7
4.0 ± 0.49
3.65 ± 0.71
3.8 ± 0.5
3.6 ± 0.6
Q8
3.5 ± 0.5
3.3 ± 0.6
4.3 ± 0.6
3.6 ± 0.5∗
Q9
3.8 ± 0.5
3.8 ± 0.6
3.8 ± 0.6
3.4 ± 0.8∗
Q10
3.0 ± 0.7
2.9 ± 0.6
3.5 ± 0.5
2.7 ± 0.6∗
For questions Q1 to Q10 refer to Table 6; independent sample -test was performed; is considered as statistically significant; for Westside Test Anxiety Scale score interpretation refer to Table 5.
