Sorry have to ask this technical question as it's been bugging me for a bit and the supervisor is no help and couldn't find anything on the internet and friends i asked couldn't help either...

So, some of my F and Chi-square values are something like "3.400E1" in the SPSS output. What is this and how do I report it? Surely it's different to just 3.40, but i don't remember ever seeing "E1" numbers in papers? Confused.

Anyone got a clue?

3.4 x 10^1

means exp

By that I mean... just read the E as 'times ten raised to the power'

Thank you! Does it also mean if I get x.xxE2 I should report it as x.xx X 10^2?

Thank you! Does it also mean if I get x.xxE2 I should report it as x.xx X 10^2?

precisely

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but don't forget to doublecheck the algebraic sign after the E: are you sure it says 3.400E1 in your output -- and not 3.400E-01 ?
(at least I've encountered the e-notation in Spss more often with very small numbers than with big ones)

3.400E-01 would then be 3.4 x 10^(-1) = 3.4 x 1/10 = 0.34

Thanks for asking the question Montezuma! I'm having exactly the same issue!

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Thanks for everyone's help! Most helpful!

PS A116: glad you found this useful too!