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Table 3 Analysis of survey responses and assessment scores.

From: Why not just Google it? An assessment of information literacy skills in a biomedical science curriculum

Incorrect respondents

Cohort (C1)

Cohort (C2)

Total (C1+C2)

Google

n = 40/51 (92.2%)

n = 13/19 (68.4%)

n = 53/70 (75.7%)**

Wikipedia

n = 8/51 (15.7%)

n = 2/19 (10.5%)

n = 10/70 (14.3%)

PubMed

n = 3/51 (5.9%)

n = 4/19 (21.1%)

n = 7/70 (10.0%)**

Correct respondents

Cohort (C1)

Cohort (C2)

Total (C1+C2)

Google

n = 0/40 (0.0%)

n = 15/28 (53.6%)

n = 15/68 (22.1%)**

Wikipedia

n = 3/11 (27.3%)

n = 8/16 (50.0%)

n = 11/27 (40.7%)

PubMed

n = 22/25 (88.0%)

n = 17/20 (85.0%)

n = 39/45 (86.7%)**

  1. * denotes p < 0.05; ** denotes p < 0.01