Table 1 Main characteristics and SATS scores of participants and P values of univariable analysis (n=539)
From: Attitudes toward statistics in medical postgraduates: measuring, evaluating and monitoring
Characteristic | Number of patients (%) | SATS score | Pvalue* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | |||
Age (years) | ||||
<26.5 | 344(63.8) | 4.53 | 0.68 | <0.001 |
≥26.5 | 195(36.2) | 4.20 | 0.62 | |
Sex | ||||
Male | 308(57.1) | 4.42 | 0.69 | 0.79 |
Female | 231(42.9) | 4.41 | 0.66 | |
Year of medical training | ||||
Five years | 398(73.8) | 4.46 | 0.64 | <0.001 |
Four years | 90(16.7) | 4.45 | 0.65 | |
Three years | 51(9.5) | 4.01 | 0.77 | |
Level of statistical education | ||||
None | 50(9.3) | 3.97 | 0.63 | <0.001 |
A little | 262(48.6) | 4.31 | 0.67 | |
Systematic§ | 227(42.1) | 4.63 | 0.63 | |
Specialty | ||||
Clinical, nonacademic | 277(51.4) | 4.45 | 0.68 | <0.001 |
Clinical, academic | 148(27.5) | 4.20 | 0.65 | |
Research, academic | 84(15.6) | 4.56 | 0.61 | |
Nonmedical or other‡ | 30(5.6) | 4.71 | 0.70 | |
Research experience | ||||
None | 353(65.5) | 4.32 | 0.66 | <0.001 |
A little | 179(33.2) | 4.58 | 0.67 | |
Experienced | 7(1.3) | 4.82 | 0.62 | |
Mathematics basis | ||||
Very poor | 18(3.3) | 3.46 | 0.45 | <0.001 |
Poor | 92(17.1) | 4.02 | 0.62 | |
Neutral | 293(54.4) | 4.40 | 0.59 | |
Good | 128(23.7) | 4.81 | 0.63 | |
Very good | 8(1.5) | 5.21 | 0.39 | |
Computer basis | ||||
Very poor | 5(0.9) | 4.54 | 0.68 | <0.001 |
Poor | 83(15.4) | 4.18 | 0.69 | |
Neutral | 344(63.8) | 4.37 | 0.65 | |
Good | 101(18.7) | 4.71 | 0.68 | |
Very good | 6(1.1) | 4.77 | 0.56 | |