Table 1 Descriptive statistics for selected variables (N = 525)
Variables | Scale | Sample statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | Min | Max | Skewness | Kurtosis | ||
1. Gender | Dichotomous | 1.75 | 0.44 | 1.00 | 2.00 | -1.14 | − 0.71 |
2. Age | Continuous | 22.64 | 4.90 | 18.00 | 60.00 | 3.43 | 15.34 |
4. College | Categorical | 1.28 | 0.45 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.96 | -1.09 |
5. Intrinsic Motivation | Continuous | 3.76 | 0.76 | 1.00 | 5.00 | − 0.61 | 0.42 |
6. Extrinsic Motivation | Continuous | 3.85 | 0.73 | 1.08 | 5.00 | − 0.82 | 0.72 |
7. Amotivation | Continuous | 1.94 | 0.94 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 1.15 | 0.78 |
8. Grit | Continuous | 3.23 | 0.60 | 1.38 | 5.00 | 0.11 | 0.59 |
9. Self-Control | Continuous | 3.60 | 0.62 | 1.23 | 5.00 | − 0.21 | − 0.05 |
10. Ambiguity Tolerance | Continuous | 3.12 | 0.53 | 1.23 | 4.69 | 0.05 | 0.49 |