Table 5

Difference in Means by Number of Online Courses Taken

ItemNumber of Online CoursesF value
12-45+
Online courses easier than traditional courses3.453.303.83 2.94
(1.18)(1.30)(1.17) 
Traditional courses easier than online courses3.122.583.32 6.77**
(1.17)(1.05)(1.00) 
Students learn more in traditional courses2.392.353.7326.38***
(1.25)(1.15)(1.12) 
Students learn more in online courses3.733.602.8613.25***
(0.98)(1.04)(0.91) 
Confident I can make good grade in traditional course2.032.141.44 5.52**
(1.26)(1.41)(1.08) 
Confident I can make good grade in online course2.242.051.3410.38***
(1.17)(1.15)(1.00) 
Confident I can complete traditional course1.641.421.62 0.47
(1.27)(0.88)(1.29) 
Confident I can complete online course1.851.721.36 1.70
(1.25)(1.18)(1.07) 
More interaction between students in online courses3.943.533.14 5.06**
(1.00)(1.32)(1.26) 
More interaction with instructor online4.003.913.0011.22***
(1.09)(1.25)(1.29) 
Online courses are too time consuming3.333.313.90 5.07**
(1.02)(1.30)(1.05) 
Quality of online courses is not as good as traditional courses2.822.574.1324.74***
(1.47)(1.25)(1.21) 
Inconvenient to attend traditional courses3.033.142.50 3.64*
(1.36)(1.22)(1.44) 
Takes more effort to complete online course2.942.742.41 2.41
(1.37)(1.14)(1.21) 
Technology used in online courses is too advanced for me4.414.514.62 0.63
(0.95)(0.86)(0.95) 
Would like to see more instructors put materials online2.442.231.68 5.70**
(1.32)(1.17)(1.13) 
Notes:

Likert scale for responses: 5 = strongly disagree.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.

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