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Table 3 Comparison of Maxdiff scaled scores by gender and by specialty choice

From: Factors affecting residency rank-listing: A Maxdiff survey of graduating Canadian medical students

Factor

Mean Maxdiff Score (±SE)

 

Gender

Specialty Choice

 

Male

Female

p-score†

Family Medicine

Specialties

p-score†

Variety

1.80 (0.140)

1.89 (0.108)

0.545

2.40 (0.129)

1.53 (0.106)

<0.001*

Morale

1.54 (0.136)

1.74 (0.100)

0.204

1.40 (0.126)

1.82 (0.104)

0.019*

Relatives

1.18 (0.192)

1.68 (0.133)

0.053

1.48 (0.180)

1.51 (0.140)

0.788

City

0.84 (0.164)

0.89 (0.148)

0.695

0.81 (0.183)

0.89 (0.139)

0.801

Academic

1.06 (0.168)

0.48 (0.130)

0.002*

0.17 (0.158)

1.04 (0.131)

<0.001*

Spouse

0.61 (0.245)

0.23 (0.209)

0.231

0.90 (0.275)

0.07 (0.194)

0.015*

Faculty

0.43 (0.157)

0.22 (0.113)

0.213

-0.10 (0.135)

0.53 (0.121)

<0.001*

Interview

-0.46 (0.166)

-0.36 (0.120)

0.526

0.13 (0.149)

-0.71 (0.124)

<0.001*

Schedule

-0.62 (0.118)

-0.33 (0.106)

0.190

-0.31 (0.127)

-0.53 (0.102)

0.159

Hospital

-0.35 (0.128)

-0.51 (0.106)

0.301

-0.26 (0.131)

-0.57 (0.103)

0.054

Research

-1.01 (0.183)

-1.60 (0.127)

0.012*

-2.38 (0.140)

-0.77 (0.131)

<0.001*

Financial

-2.27 (0.117)

-2.12 (0.099)

0.345

-2.06 (0.119)

-2.25 (0.098)

0.113

Parental

-2.76 (0.114)

-2.20 (0.120)

0.006*

-2.17 (0.151)

-2.57 (0.105)

0.028*

  1. † p-scores were obtained using the Mann-Whitney test.* indicates significant differences with p-score ≤0.05