Data analysis
anxiety
The collected data were subjected to both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses. Descriptive statistics, including mean, standard deviation, frequency, and percentage, were employed to summarize the data. Inferential statistics, on the other hand, involved the use of several statistical tests, namely Chi-square, McNemar, independent t-tests, and paired t-tests. To compare the qualitative variables such as gender and marital status between the study groups, the chi-square test was utilized. For the quantitative variable of age, an independent t-test was employed for between-group comparisons. To assess the intensity of test anxiety before and after the intervention, the chi-square test was used to compare the scores between the two groups. Within each group, McNemar’s test was conducted to compare the anxiety scores before and after the intervention. Furthermore, the paired t-test was utilized to evaluate the mean test anxiety scores before and after the intervention within each group. Lastly, the independent t-test was applied to compare the mean test anxiety scores between the intervention and control groups. All statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS 18 software, with a confidence level set at 95%.