Table 4.50 Results of questionnaire question “21a” by location test: chi-square
4.4.6.3 Matched guise test
The results of the MGT according to location relative to the city echoed some of the findings in the questionnaire. In the questionnaire, overall scores reflecting both language usage and attitudes in Mudung
Darat were lower than in Mudung Laut, but for individual attitude questions, Mudung Darat had more positive responses. Similarly, attitudes displayed in the MGT towards Jambi Malay were more positive for
residents of Mudung Darat versus Mudung Laut see figure 4.16.
Figure 4.16 Average MGT scores by location
In fact, based on both a t-test and an ANOVA test, the difference between Mudung Darat and Mudung Laut scores were statistically significant see table 4.51 for the t-test results: t statistic 3.73, p
.0002. Mudung Darat MGT scores for Jambi Malay were significantly higher.
Table 4.51 Results of MGT scores by location – JM test: independent samples t-test
The same was true, however, for the MGT scores for Indonesian. As seen in figure 4.16 above, Mudung Darat’s residents’ average score was higher than Mudung Laut’s for Indonesian, again statistically
significantly higher see table 4.52, t statistic is 3.18 p.0017. It should be noted that Mudung Darat’s average score for Indonesian was slightly higher than the score for Jambi Malay, but not significantly so.
Table 4.52 Results of MGT by location – SI test: independent samples t-test
Testing this further by individual MGT question, in all the questions examined, the pattern of Mudung Darat residents having a higher MGT score than residents of Mudung Laut was maintained. In half
of the questions, the impact of location on answers given was statistically significant. In the status question “c” “Does this person sound like they are a leader?” the impact on scores was especially great for Jambi
Malay see table 4.53. The chi-square statistic was 25.20, p .0001. Far more than normal Mudung Darat residents answered “yes”, while far fewer Mudung Laut residents answered “yes”. The opposite was true
for the negative answer. The question “c” results for Indonesian were not statistically significant, yet the same trend was seen.
Table 4.53 Results of MGT question “c” by location – JM test: chi-square
The character question “g” results were similar. Answers given for JM were statistically significantly higher than the norm in Mudung Darat versus Mudung Laut chi-square statistic 10.60, p
.0050 see table 4.54. For Indonesian, more Mudung Darat residents gave positive answers to “Does this person sound like someone I could trust?” than the norm, but not statistically significantly more.
Table 4.54 Results of MGT question “g” by location – JM test: chi-square
The identity question “a” had slightly different results. Here many more Mudung Darat residents than the norm gave a positive answer scored 2 to the question “Does this person sound like heshe is a
Jambi Malay person?” for Jambi Malay. Unlike the other two questions, though, location did not statistically significantly impact Jambi Malay results see table 4.55. The results for Indonesian, were
statistically significant, however, and revealed the same trend: more Mudung Darat than Mudung Laut residents gave positive answers towards Indonesian see table 4.56.
Table 4.55 Results of MGT question “a” by location – JM test: chi-square
Table 4.56 Results of MGT question “a” by location – SI test: chi-square
4.4.6.4 Summary of location variable
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