Table 5.  Comparison of the retained ideas, retained extension, density and coherency in relation to gender and category.
 

Gender

Category

Male

Female

 

Under 15

Under 17

Under 20

 

Category average

Category average

p

Category average

Category average

Category average

p

Retained Ideas

2.65

2.00

.009

2.42

2.31

2.28

.818

Retained Extension

18.29

12.41

.021

16.58

14.25

15.33

.610

Density

17.29

18.30

.232

16.71

20.50

16.72

.779

Coherency

57.93

80.52

.030

73.83

71.80

63.28

.533