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Table 5 The Mann-Whitney U tests results for the country variable

From: An analysis of users’ preferences on learning management systems: a case on German versus Spanish students

Design Dimension

Design Items

Mann-Whitney U

p

Country

Mean Rank

Content Management

Uploading assignments

2469.000

.001

Germany (n = 83)

95.25

Spain (n = 83)

71.75

Reviewing grade

2928.500

.085

Not significant

Accessing learning materials

1759.000

.000

Germany (n = 83)

103.81

Spain (n = 83)

63.19

Comment feature

2268.000

.000

Germany (n = 83)

69.33

Spain (n = 83)

97.67

Online whiteboard

1608.000

.000

Germany (n = 83)

61.37

Spain (n = 83)

105.63

Private storage

1799.500

.000

Germany (n = 83)

63.68

Spain (n = 83)

103.32

Ease of use

Allowing downloading multiple files

3033.000

.167

Not significant

Easy enrollment of subject

2035.500

.000

Germany (n = 83)

66.52

Spain (n = 83)

100.48

Learning materials are available before lectures

2662.500

.009

Germany (n = 83)

92.92

Spain (n = 83)

74.08

Integrated offline mod

2265.000

.000

Germany (n = 83)

69.29

Spain (n = 83)

97.71

Calendar integration

1876.000

.000

Germany (n = 83)

64.60

Spain (n = 83)

102.40

Communication within the LMS

Chat system

2322.500

.000

Germany (n = 83)

69.98

Spain (n = 83)

97.02

Discussion forum

2314.500

.000

Germany (n = 83)

69.89

Spain (n = 83)

97.11

Survey feature

2629.500

.005

Germany (n = 83)

73.68

Spain (n = 83)

93.32

Notifications

2180.000

.000

Germany (n = 83)

68.27

Spain (n = 83)

98.73

Design

Simple navigation structure

2418.000

.001

Germany (n = 83)

95.87

Spain (n = 83)

71.13

Choose a personal design/layout

2015.000

.000

Germany (n = 83)

66.28

Spain (n = 83)

100.72

Mark files/courses as favorite

1888.000

.000

Germany (n = 83)

64.75

Spain (n = 83)

102.25

Language selection

3157.500

.342

Not significant

Allowing access through mobile application

3426.500

.953

Not significant