Demographics | a. Correct scores for knowing venomous snakes (CSV, n = 16); null hypothesis (H0): population median scores (M) = hypothesized median scores (M0 = 10); alternative hypothesis (Ha): M > M0) | b. Incorrect scores for claiming non-venomous (ISV, n = 12) snakes to be venomous; null hypothesis (H0): population median scores (M) = hypothesized median scores (M0 = 6), alternative hypothesis (Ha): M > M0) | |||||
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Median, range | W (CSV) | p-value | Median, range | W (ISV) | p-value | ||
All respondents | 11,4–16 | 6237.5 | <0.001 | 7,1–12 | 5756.5 | <0.001 | |
Age (years) | 15–24 | 11,7–15 | 612.5 | <0.001 | 7,2–12 | 449.5 | 0.013 |
25–34 | 10,4–16 | 86 | 0.181 | 5,2–11 | 121 | 0.431 | |
35–44 | 10.5,4–16 | 422.5 | 0.142 | 7,2–11 | 386.5 | 0.011 | |
45–54 | 12,6–14 | 136.5 | 0.048 | 7,1–10 | 115 | 0.214 | |
55–64 | 12,4–15 | 95 | 0.084 | 7,1–10 | 80 | 0.132 | |
65+above | 11.5 | 22.5 | 0.285 | 9,3–11 | 30.5 | 0.045 | |
Gender | Male | 11,4–16 | 2567.5 | 0.070 | 6,1–11 | 2134.5 | 0.174 |
Female | 12,4–16 | 754.5 | <0.001 | 8,3–12 | 843.5 | <0.001 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 12,6–16 | 878.5 | <0.001 | 8,1–11 | 815.5 | <0.001 |
Teacher | 9,4–16 | 310.5 | 0.812 | 6,2–11 | 370.5 | 0.611 | |
Student | 7,7–15 | 349 | 0.008 | 6,2–11 | 231.5 | 0.259 | |
Othera | 12, 7–14 | 172 | 0.001 | 8,1–12 | 143 | 0.027 | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 12,6–16 | 256 | 0.006 | 9,3–11 | 369 | <0.001 |
Literate | 11,4–16 | 3667.5 | 0.004 | 6,1–12 | 3144 | 0.062 | |
Class 10 | 12,4–15 | 301.5 | 0.012 | 7,1–12 | 245 | 0.039 | |
Class 11–12 | 11,7–16 | 253.5 | 0.059 | 5,2–11 | 169.5 | 0.687 | |
Master’s degree | 10,4–16 | 98.5 | 0.730 | 6.5,2–11 | 157.5 | 0.280 | |
Bachelor’s degree | 10.5,7–15 | 137 | 0.117 | 6.5,3–10 | 106.5 | 0.177 | |
Literate informallyb | 12,7–14 | 42 | 0.074 | 7,1–11 | 28 | 0.276 |