Work or university? Economic competencies and educational aspirations of trainees with hybrid qualifications in Switzerland

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 7 Variance analysis of the educational aspirations of FVB students

	Study	Mixed	Work	F value	p	Cohen’s d
Economic knowledge and skills	509	488	491	4.95	0.018^a	0.18^a
Intrinsic motivation (in economics)	2.48	2.50	2.42	0.64	0.527	–
Interest (in economics)	2.46	2.46	2.35	2.07	0.126	–
Value-oriented disposition (in economics)	2.85	2.88	2.73	4.30	0.031^b	0.23^b
Value-oriented disposition (in economics)	2.85	2.88	2.73	4.30	0.019^c	0.30^c
Attitude towards economics	3.30	3.24	3.07	6.28	0.000^b	0.32^b
Attitude towards economics	3.30	3.24	3.07	6.28	0.049^c	0.25^c
Mathematics (grade)	1.03	1.01	1.02	3.16	0.5471	–
German (grade)	1.02	1.01	1.02	0.64	0.724	–
Economics (grade)	1.02	1.02	1.01	3.95	0.834	–

p and Cohen’s d relates to the respective groups in which differences could be found (see a, b and c)
^aStudy-Both
^bStudy-Work
^cBoth-Work [Bonferroni and Tamhane (for Attitude)]