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Table 5 Group differences for competence facets between IC and ITMA and between IC and MWFT

From: Reliability and validity of a computer-based assessment of cognitive and non-cognitive facets of problem-solving competence in the business domain

 

IC (n = 523)

ITMA (n = 106)

MWFT (n = 138)

M

SD

M

SD

t

p

M

SD

t

p

(A1)

.22

.04

−.33

.09

−5.68

.000

−.47

.07

−8.33

.000

(A2)

.17

.04

−.08

.09

−2.59

.010

−.46

.06

−8.59

.000

(A3)

−.04

.03

−.45

.08

−4.96

.000

−.27

.07

−3.33

.001

(A4)

.10

.04

−.24

.08

−3.61

.000

−.06

.08

−1.8

.072

(C1)

.14

.05

−.42

.12

−4.46

.000

−.38

.10

−4.78

.000

(C2)

.19

.04

−.32

.10

−4.71

.069

−.19

.08

−4.18

.000

(C3)

−.01

.04

−.18

.09

−1.82

.069

−.22

.08

−2.42

.016

(D1)

.07

.05

−.44

.11

−4.02

.000

.06

.10

−.04

.970

(D2)

.07

.02

−.12

.06

−3.08

.002

.07

.05

.05

.960

  1. IC industrial clerks, ITMA IT-systems management assistants, MWFT merchants in wholesale and foreign trade, (A1) identifying needs for action and information gaps, (A2) processing information, (A3) coming to a well-founded decision, (A4) communicating the decision appropriately, (C1) situational confidence in one’s competence, (C2) ambiguity/uncertainty tolerance, (C3) situational confidence in one’s solution, (D1) personal interest in the problem context/content, (D2) maintaining positive and active emotional states