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6 Limitations of the Study

This study is limited in terms of sample size. A larger sample size would lead to
more informative statistics such as a full cycle of exploratory factor analysis and
ANOVA analysis with advanced post hoc comparisons.

Acknowledgement The research reported here was supported by the Canakkale Onsekiz Mart
University Scientific Research Projects, through grant # 2011/132. In addition, the author needs to
express his best appreciation for the support of the Chemistry Department and of professors
Dr. ˙ smet Kaya, Dr. Ey¨p ¨ zdemir, Dr. Ayhan Oral, and Dr. Sema Ekici for their openness to
collaborate through their PChem courses in the years of 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Appendix 1

mFSMAS data descriptive statistics (non-standardized scores)

Std.
deviation

Minimum Maximum Mean a

N Skewness Kurtosis

Std.
error

Std.
error Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic

FENNEMA1 29 1 7 4.24 1.976 0.062 0.434 0.943 0.845

FENNEMA2 29 1 5 1.79 1.114 1.438 0.434 1.415 0.845

FENNEMA3 29 1 6 1.90 1.423 1.553 0.434 1.504 0.845

FENNEMA4 29 1 6 2.48 1.353 0.690 0.434 0.070 0.845

FENNEMA5 29 1 4 1.59 0.907 1.576 0.434 1.765 0.845

FENNEMA6 29 1 7 2.97 1.569 0.656 0.434 0.193 0.845

FENNEMA7 29 1 4 1.72 0.922 1.190 0.434 0.682 0.845

FENNEMA8 29 1 7 3.69 2.222 0.149 0.434

1.509 0.845

FENNEMA9 29 1 7 4.45 2.277 0.269 0.434 1.547 0.845

FENNEMA10 29 1 7 3.55 2.261 0.047 0.434 1.643 0.845

FENNEMA11 29 1 7 3.38 2.194 0.523 0.434 1.068 0.845

FENNEMA12 29 1 7 3.38 2.162 0.678 0.434 0.961 0.845

FENNEMA13 29 1 7 4.03 2.398

0.027

0.434

1.672 0.845

FENNEMA14 29 1 7 5.38 1.781 0.989 0.434 0.488 0.845

FENNEMA15 29 1 7 5.00 2.121 0.675 0.434 0.924 0.845

FENNEMA16 29 1 7 5.86 1.620

1.332

0.434 1.257 0.845

FENNEMA17 29 1 7 5.03 2.009 0.533 0.434 0.947 0.845

FENNEMA18 29 1 7 5.17 1.947

0.541

0.434

1.047 0.845

FENNEMA19 29 1 7 5.31 1.966 0.801 0.434 0.526 0.845

FENNEMA20 29 1 7 1.59 1.500 2.888 0.434 7.787 0.845

FENNEMA21 29 1 7 3.31 2.792 0.471 0.434

1.783 0.845

FENNEMA22 b

29 1 7 6.66 1.173 4.391 0.434 20.722 0.845

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