Table 3 T-tests on the differences in the mean values of the attitudes between the plant group and the animal group towards gene-edited foods
Item | Group | mean | sd | df | t (Welch’s test) | p-value | Group mean difference [95% CI] | Cohen’s d | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L | 1. Increasing size of livestock by 20% (increase by a factor of 1.2) | Plant | 2.86 | 1.09 | 4495.68 | 3.50 | 0.000 | 0.112 [− 0.175, − 0.049] | 0.104 |
Animal | 2.97 | 1.06 | |||||||
2. Increasing size of livestock by 50% (increase by a factor of 1.5) | Plant | 2.70 | 1.10 | 4499.06 | 3.98 | 0.000 | 0.129 [− 0.192, − 0.065] | 0.119 | |
Animal | 2.82 | 1.07 | |||||||
3. Making livestock more resistant to disease | Plant | 3.59 | 1.01 | 4493.40 | 4.38 | 0.000 | 0.130 [− 0.188, − 0.071] | 0.130 | |
Animal | 3.72 | 0.98 | |||||||
4. Improving nutritional value of livestock | Plant | 3.38 | 1.05 | 4504.60 | 3.88 | 0.000 | 0.121 [− 0.182, − 0.060] | 0.115 | |
Animal | 3.50 | 1.04 | |||||||
5. Improving the taste of livestock | Plant | 3.40 | 1.06 | 4504.88 | 4.08 | 0.000 | 0.128 [− 0.190, − 0.067] | 0.122 | |
Animal | 3.53 | 1.05 | |||||||
V | 1. Increasing size of vegetables by 20% (increase by a factor of 1.2) | Plant | 3.18 | 1.04 | 4504.82 | 0.89 | 0.371 | 0.028 [− 0.088, 0.033] | 0.027 |
Animal | 3.20 | 1.03 | |||||||
2. Increasing size of vegetables by 50% (increase by a factor of 1.5) | Plant | 3.00 | 1.07 | 4503.74 | 1.32 | 0.187 | 0.042 [− 0.103, 0.020] | 0.039 | |
Animal | 3.04 | 1.05 | |||||||
3. Making vegetables more resistant to disease | Plant | 3.71 | 0.96 | 4511.56 | 0.74 | 0.458 | 0.042 [− 0.078, 0.035] | 0.022 | |
Animal | 3.73 | 0.98 | |||||||
4. Improving the nutritional value of vegetables | Plant | 3.69 | 1.01 | 4505.56 | 0.28 | 0.782 | 0.008 [− 0.067, 0.050] | 0.008 | |
Animal | 3.70 | 1.00 | |||||||
5. Improving the taste of vegetables | Plant | 3.65 | 1.02 | 4508.52 | 0.74 | 0.947 | 0.002 [− 0.061, 0.057] | 0.002 | |
Animal | 3.65 | 1.02 |