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Table 6 Unweighted effect sizes and descriptive statistics for “Confidence in Mathematics” for fourth graders

From: Gender, affect, and math: a cross-national meta-analysis of Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2015 outcomes

Countries

d

Mean 1

Mean 2

SD1

SD2

Saudi Arabia

0.45

10.54

9.69

2

1.8

Japan

0.44

8.9

8.23

1.45

1.6

Oman

0.21

10.34

9.96

1.83

1.74

Bahrain

0.17

10.34

10.02

1.97

1.89

Kuwait

0.11

10.35

10.13

1.97

1.9

Qatar

0.11

10.21

9.99

2.02

1.93

Indonesia

0.1

9.8

9.63

1.65

1.63

Kazakhstan

0.08

10.66

10.5

1.97

1.96

France

0.08

10.55

10.4

1.74

1.94

Iran

0.06

10.26

10.14

1.95

1.87

Morocco

0.05

10.01

9.92

1.85

1.8

United Arab Emirates

0.01

10.01

10

1.79

1.81

Serbia

− 0.02

10.46

10.51

2.23

2.2

Chile

− 0.03

9.56

9.61

1.96

1.97

Georgia

− 0.03

10.28

10.33

1.74

1.85

Turkey

− 0.03

10.37

10.44

2.05

2.08

Bulgaria

− 0.05

10.4

10.5

2.16

2.23

Norway

− 0.11

10.56

10.77

1.88

1.95

Sweden

− 0.13

10.07

10.29

1.7

1.75

Croatia

− 0.14

9.93

10.2

1.79

1.93

Ireland

− 0.16

10.01

10.3

1.85

1.88

Argentina

− 0.18

9.58

9.92

1.87

1.97

Poland

− 0.18

9.59

9.93

1.84

1.91

Korea Republic of

− 0.18

8.95

9.22

1.41

1.51

Russian Federation

− 0.19

9.51

9.88

1.86

1.94

Slovak Republic

− 0.22

9.72

10.14

1.86

2

Cyprus

− 0.22

10.29

10.77

2.1

2.21

United States

− 0.23

9.8

10.26

2.04

2.04

Slovenia

− 0.23

9.68

10.13

1.84

2.04

Finland

− 0.24

9.58

9.98

1.62

1.73

Hungary

− 0.25

9.86

10.37

1.98

2.15

Czech Republic

− 0.26

9.32

9.79

1.7

1.85

Italy

− 0.27

9.87

10.36

1.83

1.85

New Zealand

− 0.27

9.29

9.74

1.56

1.75

Denmark

− 0.27

9.84

10.32

1.69

1.81

Canada

− 0.28

9.68

10.21

1.91

1.93

Northern Ireland

− 0.3

9.61

10.17

1.83

1.94

Singapore

− 0.31

8.87

9.41

1.68

1.85

England

− 0.32

9.82

10.43

1.87

1.96

Spain

− 0.33

9.63

10.28

1.95

2.04

Australia

− 0.34

9.35

10

1.76

2.01

Portugal

− 0.35

9.21

9.88

1.74

2.02

Lithuania

− 0.37

9.47

10.1

1.66

1.73

Netherlands

− 0.38

9.9

10.68

2.02

2.11

Germany

− 0.41

9.64

10.46

1.91

2.12

Belgium

− 0.46

9.32

10.16

1.76

1.89

Chinese Taipei

− 0.33

8.58

9.16

1.61

1.9

Hong Kong

− 0.37

8.89

9.56

1.7

1.88

  1. Positive values show the superiority of females and negative values show the superiority of males
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