Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the time estimation differences between man and woman in adolescence. 20 subjects (10 male and 10 female) were asked to produce time estimations for five task times (15sec., 30sec., 1min., 3min., 5min.). Three measurements were conducted for each of five task times on different three days. Data were analyzed by following two ways. (1)Mean and median of three estimation times for each subject were calculated. In order to compare the time differences with man and woman, two-way(gender×task times) ANOVA and Mann-Whitney-U-tests were used. And chi-square tests were applied for frequency analysis of overestimation and underestimation. (2) The sixty time estimation measurements obtained from 20 subjects for three times on each of five task times were treated independently. And same analysis as mention above in (1) case were applied. Results revealed that there were significantly time estimation differences between man and woman in the case of (2) analysis, although no time estimation differences showed in the case of (1) analysis. This discrepancy seemed to be occurred from between-days variations of subjects. The facts that estimation times were longer in man than in woman and that much more overestimations were showed in short task time (15 sec. and 30 sec.) were discussed on the base of Matsuda’s Four Multicative Factors Model.
