A Comparison of Online versus On-site Training in Health Research Methodology: A Randomized Study

BMC Medical Education

Table 4 Student Satisfaction with the On-site and On-line Biostatistics Courses (Section 2)

Variable	Arm 1 On-site Biostatistics				Arm 2 On-line Biostatistics				p value*
	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
Overall, the course instructors were...	0	0	5	25	0	0	15	13	0.003
Ability of faculty to resolve and respond to course related concerns or problems was...	1	0	10	18	0	1	16	9	0.056

1 = below average; 2 = average; 3 = good; 4 = excellent
*p values are based on comparisons using chi-squared test for trend. Data with p values below 0.05 are shown in bold.

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