Table 4 Correlations Between Students’...

Table 4

Correlations Between Students’ Perceived Sense of Community and Achievement,^a Participation,^b Satisfaction, and Retention^c

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. Grade	—
2. Comm. w/class	ns	—
3. Comm. w/prof	ns	.43**	—
4. Post #	ns	ns	ns	—
5. Post quality	ns	ns	ns	ns	—
6. Discuss/debate	ns	.51**	.36**	ns	ns	—
7. Board/social	.27*	.32**	.36**	ns	.34**	.27*	—
8. Online retention	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	—
9. Satisfaction	ns	ns	ns	.27*	ns	ns	ns	.51**	—
10. Community	ns	.25*	.38**	.27*	.31**	.36**	.66**	ns	.36*	—

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. Grade	—
2. Comm. w/class	ns	—
3. Comm. w/prof	ns	.43**	—
4. Post #	ns	ns	ns	—
5. Post quality	ns	ns	ns	ns	—
6. Discuss/debate	ns	.51**	.36**	ns	ns	—
7. Board/social	.27*	.32**	.36**	ns	.34**	.27*	—
8. Online retention	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	—
9. Satisfaction	ns	ns	ns	.27*	ns	ns	ns	.51**	—
10. Community	ns	.25*	.38**	.27*	.31**	.36**	.66**	ns	.36*	—

Notes: N = 70.

Course grade.

Communication with students and instructor and participation in discussion boards.

Intention to take another online course. See Appendix A for survey questions. ns = nonsignificant correlation.

p < .05.

p < .01.

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