TPC Journal V8, Issue 2 - FULL ISSUE

The Professional Counselor | Volume 8, Issue 2 165 Results Statistical Analyses Descriptive statistics. Descriptive statistics were computed for each of the participants across each of the factors which are presented in Table 1. Rose’s responses were very stable as indicated by the consistent means and medians across all phases of the study. Further, the standard deviation values were close to zero, indicating a lack of variation in stability. Janelle’s responses were less stable. The large range in the treatment phase is indicative of the presence of outliers in the treatment phase for Janelle. Kara exhibited more variability than Rose, but there were no outliers. Table 1 Descriptive Statistics Participant n Mean Median SD Range (min, max) A1 B A2 A1 B A2 A1 B A2 A1 B A2 A1 B A2 Rose College Knowledge 4 12 4 24.75 25.00 25.00 25 25 25 0.5 0.0 0.0 (24,25) (25,25) (25,25) Positive Personal Characteristics 4 12 4 20 .00 19.91 20.00 20 20 20 0.00 0.29 0.000 (20,20) (19,20) (20,20) Academic Competence 4 12 4 13.0 14.5 15.0 13 15 15 0.00 0.67 0.000 (13,13) (13,15) (15,15) Potential to Achieve Future Goals 4 12 4 10 9.91 10 10 10 10 0.00 0.29 0.000 (10,10) (9,10) (10,10) All Factors 4 12 4 67.75 69.33 70.00 68.0 69.5 70.0 0.50 0.78 0.000 (67,68) (68,70) (70,70) Janelle College Knowledge 4 12 4 13 .00 17.17 25.00 12 19 25 2.71 7.38 0.00 (11,17) (5,25) (25,25) Positive Personal Characteristics 4 12 4 16.25 15.42 20 .00 16 19 20 0.50 0.68 0 .00 (16,17) (4,20) (20,20) Academic Competence 4 12 4 14.25 12 .00 15.00 14 15 15 0.50 5.43 0.00 (14,15) (3,15) (15,15) Potential to Achieve Future Goals 4 12 4 9.75 8 .00 10.00 10 10 10 0.50 3.62 0.00 (9,10) (2,10) (10,10) All Factors 4 12 4 53.25 52.58 70 .00 52.0 63.5 70.0 3.20 22 .67 0.00 (51,58) (14,69) (70,70) Kara College Knowledge 4 12 4 17.00 21.33 23.75 17.5 21.0 24.0 2.45 2.39 0.50 (14,19) (23,24) (19,25) Positive Personal Characteristics 4 12 4 14.50 17.83 18.25 14.5 17.5 18.0 0.58 1.03 0.50 (14,15) (17,20) (18,19) Academic Competence 4 12 4 10.25 13.08 13.50 1.5 13.0 13.5 0.96 1.08 0.58 (9,11) (12,15) (13,14) Potential to Achieve Future Goals 4 12 4 9.25 9.58 10.00 9.5 10.0 10.0 .96 0.67 0.00 (8.10) (8,10) (10,10) All Factors 4 12 4 51 .00 61.83 65.50 50.0 60.5 65.5 2.71 4.67 1.29 (49,55) (57,70) (64,67) Note. The descriptive statistics show stability for both Rose and Kara. More variability was present for Janelle, indicative of outliers leading to the use of non-parametric analysis methods.