Changes in and Effects of Anxiety on English Test Performance in Chinese Postgraduate EFL Classrooms

Table 9

Multiple regression coefficients and significance of Predictors for Performance in English (phase 2).

		ELCAS4	FAS	ELCAS1
Speaking	β	−0.164	0.159	−0.174
	t	−2.44	2.992	−2.188
		0.015	0.003	0.029
	VIF	1.608	1.01	1.597
	Cohen’s f^2	0.076	0.104	0.12
Listening	β	−0.158
	t	−2.865
		0.004
	VIF	1.000
	Cohen’s f^2	0.026
Reading	β	−0.188
	t	−3.433
		0.001
	VIF	1.000
	Cohen’s f^2	0.037
Total	β	−0.268
	t	−4.972
		0.000
	VIF	1.000
	Cohen’s f^2	0.078

Note. . Effect size of Cohen’s f²: small = f² ≤ 0.02; medium = f² = 0.15; large = f² ≥ 0.35 [49].