Quality and Cost Matter: Students’ Perceptions of Open versus Non-Open Texts through a Single-Blind Review

	Mean	SD	N
Q6 (Images and visual aids help me understand the concepts)
Introduction to Psychology (open)	3.31	1.18	42
Psychology (open)	3.83	1.01	42
Mastering Psychology (non-open)	3.98	0.92	42
Understanding Psychology (non-open)	3.86	1.12	42
Q7 (Visual aids are appealing)
Introduction to Psychology (open)	3.24	1.08	42
Psychology (open)	3.57	1.09	42
Mastering Psychology (non-open)	3.83	0.91	42
Understanding Psychology (non-open)	3.86	1.03	42

Table 2

Analysis of Variance for Book Rating

	SS	df	MS	F	p
Q6 (Images and visual aids help me understand the concepts)
Book	11.07	3	3.69	3.50	.018
Error	129.69	123	1.05
Total	140.76	126
Q7 (Visual aids are appealing)
Book	10.50	3	3.50	3.62	.015
Error	118.76	123	0.97
Total	129.76	126

Table 3

Ranking as first choice (n=44)

Book	Title	License type	First Round n	Second round n
1	Introduction to Psychology	Open	7	17
2	Psychology	Open	9	11
3	Mastering Psychology	Non-open	13	5
4	Understanding Psychology	Non-open	15	11

Table 4

Reason for not changing ranking

Reasons	Number of Response
Helpfulness to learning	10
Topics	3
Cost/Price	4
Other	3

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.1.1012 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X

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Language: English

Page range: 101 - 114

Submitted on: Sep 10, 2019

Accepted on: Jan 28, 2020

Published on: Mar 31, 2019

Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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© 2019 Feng-Ru Sheu, Judy Grissett, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
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