Table 6 Differences of fatigue means scores based on students’ demographics (N = 1431)

Gender

 Male

1.65 (1.25–2.62)

 Female

2.31 (1.50–2.93)

Faculty

 Business

1.93 (1.31–2.81)

 Computer information science & applied media

2.18 (1.40–2.93)

 Education

2.37 (1.65–2.93)

 Engineering technology and science

2.00 (1.37–2.81)

 Health sciences

2.50 (2.50–2.93)

 Military and security

2.21 (1.54–2.87)

 General academic requirements division

2.31 (1.39–3.00)

Age in years

 Less than 20

2.31 (1.56–2.93)

 21–25

2.12 (1.37–2.87)

 26–30

1.56 (1.18–2.25)

 More than 30

1.81 (1.25–2.68)

Marital status

 Married

1.90 (1.25–2.54)

 Single

2.25 (1.43–2.87)

 Divorced

2.00 (1.42–3.04)

 Widowed

1.18 (1.187–1.187)

Number of children

 None

2.25 (1.43–2.87)

 1

1.81 (1.25–2.56)

 2

2.12 (1.23–2.60)

 3

1.18 (1.18–1.56)

 4

1.62 (1.125–1.62)

Working status

 Employed full time

1.78 (1.29–2.68)

 Employed part time

2.40 (1.57–2.87)

 Unemployed

2.18 (1.40–2.87)

Student level

 Semester two

2.37 (1.50–2.87)

 Semester three

2.31 (1.50–2.89)

 Semester four

2.18 (1.37–2.93)

 Semester five

2.18 (1.37–2.93)

 Semester six

2.00 (1.31–2.93)

 Semester seven

1.93 (1.35–2.93)

 Semester eight

2.12 (1.31–2.75)

Current GPA

 Not calculated (semester 2 students)

2.59 (1.96–2.85)

 Below 1

2.43 (1.68–2.71)

 1 to 1.9

2.31 (1.48–2.90)

 2 to 2.9

2.00 (1.31–2.81)

 Above 3

2.25 (1.50–3.00)

Previous GPA

 Not calculated (semester 2 students)

2.37 (1.50–2.87)

 Below 1

2.25 (1.56–2.59)

 1 to 1.9

1.96 (1.31–2.75)

 2 to 2.9

2.06 (1.31–2.76)

 Above 3

2.37 (1.56–3.06)

Satisfaction with the number of assessments

 Very dissatisfied

2.87 (1.87–3.62)

 Dissatisfied

2.81 (2.25–3.32)

 Neutral

2.31 (1.68–2.87)

 Satisfied

1.87 (1.31–2.56)

 Very satisfied

1.37 (1.18–2.06)

Has your GPA improved at the end of Spring 2020 semester?

 Yes

1.93 (1.31–2.75)

 No

2.62 (2.00–3.25)

Was the type of online assessment successful?

 Yes

1.87 (1.31–2.56)

 No

3.00 (2.50–3.62)