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Table 1 Mean percentage progress test scores for trainees that participated in the study and those that did not (before internet access)

From: An exploratory study into the effect of time-restricted internet access on face-validity, construct validity and reliability of postgraduate knowledge progress testing

Training

N

Part1

N

Not part2

p

Invited3

Not invited4

Year

Mean

Mean

N

Mean

N

Mean

1

28

25.6

15

18.7

0.78

2

14.9

13

19.3

2

27

30.1

18

22.1

0.002

6

25.8

12

20.3

3

32

36.2

15

27.8

0.02

4

25.2

11

28.7

4

16

30.2

19

33.4

0.49

9

33.2

10

33.7

5

28

37.2

12

35.0

0.52

2

29.5

10

36

6

22

30.8

18

34.4

0.22

7

31.8

11

36

Total

153

 

97

  

30

 

67

 
  1. 1Part: participating in the study.
  2. 2Not part: not participating in the study.
  3. 3Invited: invited to participate, but declined.
  4. 4Not invited: 2 universities that were not able to grant internet access during progress test.
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