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Table 3 Correlations among study variables at the time they were first measured

From: Determinants of competence development in accounting in upper secondary education

@

t1

t0

t0

t0

t0

t0

t1

t0

t0

t0

t0

t1

wbb

sex

escs

maths

grades

asc

crt

eci

sas

time

socs

intri

#

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1

1

           

2

 

1

          

3

 

0.17

1

         

4

0.27

 

0.18

1

        

5

−0.28

0.10

−0.19

−0.39

1

       

6

0.23

0.21

0.13

0.17

−0.27

1

      

7

 

0.11

   

0.35

1

     

8

  

0.12

 

−0.13

0.31

0.63

1

    

9

 

−0.17

0.13

  

0.17

0.38

0.41

1

   

10

     

0.11

0.20

0.31

0.39

1

  

11

 

−0.18

    

0.29

0.33

0.32

0.18

1

 

12

0.21

  

−0.13

 

0.16

0.13

 

0.13

0.18

 

1

13

0.28

  

0.15

−0.20

0.13

0.16

0.17

0.23

0.18

 

0.39

14

0.11

     

0.14

0.12

0.13

0.18

 

0.52

15

      

0.16

0.16

  

0.12

0.14

16

0.10

 

0.17

0.12

−0.15

0.12

 

0.14

0.12

0.13

0.17

 

17

0.15

0.14

0.16

 

−0.20

0.58

0.51

0.49

0.37

0.30

0.21

0.16

18

0.14

  

−0.14

 

0.14

     

0.58

19

0.11

 

−0.11

−0.15

       

0.50

20

 

−0.10

    

0.11

0.11

  

0.18

0.10

21

0.18

    

0.16

0.12

  

0.13

0.10

0.56

22

−0.13

  

−0.11

     

−0.11

−0.14

−0.28

23

 

0.16

 

−0.21

       

0.31

24

0.20

 

−0.10

  

0.19

0.11

0.11

 

0.15

 

0.42

25

0.26

  

0.11

−0.24

0.12

0.24

0.29

0.17

0.19

0.22

0.21

rtc

0.55

   

0.57

0.60

0.48

0.43

0.54

0.48

0.37

0.51

@

t1

t1

t1

t0

t0

t1

t1

t1

t1

t1

t1

t1

ident

intro

extr

ssat

wfeff

comp

auto

relat

struc

tol

coak

coau

#

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

1

            

2

            

3

            

4

            

5

            

6

            

7

            

8

            

9

            

10

            

11

            

12

            

13

1

           

14

0.33

1

          

15

0.26

0.47

1

         

16

   

1

        

17

0.14

0.12

 

0.14

1

       

18

0.28

0.30

  

0.14

1

      

19

0.19

0.23

   

0.70

1

     

20

0.21

0.16

0.18

  

0.17

0.16

1

    

21

0.46

0.31

0.15

 

0.14

0.69

0.68

0.17

1

   

22

−0.22

−0.15

   

−0.32

−0.33

 

−0.33

1

  

23

 

0.28

   

0.28

0.30

 

0.23

 

1

 

24

0.30

0.21

0.10

  

0.43

0.55

0.18

0.57

−0.27

0.13

1

25

0.40

0.25

0.25

0.12

0.23

0.24

0.17

0.22

0.39

−0.17

 

0.31

rtc

0.41

0.43

.38

0.32

0.37

0.31

0.18

0.34

0.26

0.38

0.31

0.31

  1. Only statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05) correlations are reported, strong ones in italic. The bottom line shows average re-test correlations (rtc) of the same measurements over time
  2. wbb accounting competence, sex male, escs economic, social, and cultural status, maths maths competence, asc academic self-concept, crt critical understanding, eci establishing cognitive interrelations, sas summarizing and structuring, time time management, socs social learning support, intri, ident, intro,extr intrinsic, identified, introjected and extrinsic motivation, ssat school satisfaction, wfeff willingness to make an effort, comp, auto, relat, struct competence, autonomy, relatedness, and structure support, tol time spent on learning, coak, coau cognitive activation by consideration of student knowledge and offering challenging tasks, 25 = taska performing task analysis