The Comparative Effects of English and Persian Cultural Background Knowledge on EFL Learners’ Listening Skill

Table 2

Independent Samples t-test (Pretest of Both Groups).

		Levene’s test for equality of variances		t-test for equality of means
		F	Sig.	t	Df	Sig. (2-Tailed)	Mean difference	Std. Error difference	95% confidence interval of the difference
									Lower	Upper
Scores	Equal variances assumes	1.12	0.29	−0.11	48	0.90	−0.08	0.71	−1.52	1.35
	Equal variances not assumes			−0.11	47.51	0.90	−0.08	0.71	−1.51	1.34