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Table 2 Initial confidence clinical skills broken down by demographic factors

From: Tracing the evolution of chiropractic students’ confidence in clinical and patient communication skills during a clinical internship: a multi-methods study

Factor

Group

N

Mean(std dev)

Fstatistic

pvalue

Gender

Male

153

0.31 (1.04)

4.839

p = .029

 

Female

116

0.03 (1.05)

  

Age

20-25

136

0.11 (0.95)

.861

p = .424

 

26-36

106

0.29 (1.19)

  
 

36+

27

0.18 (0.99)

  

Experience

None at all

48

0.12 (1.08)

2.639

p = .024

  

63

−0.06 (0.89)

  
  

56

0.02 (0.96)

  
  

54

0.44 (1.15)

  
  

25

0.45 (1.28)

  
 

Extensive

23

0.58 (0.92)

  

Qualification

Possess degree upon entry

153

0.27 (1.12)

1.910

p = .168

 

No degree upon entry

116

0.09 (0.89)

  
  1. Post-hoc comparison by Experience using Bonferroni revealed none had significant difference.