Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of respondents
| Old style teaching (n = 168) | New style teaching (n = 157) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | mean (sd) | 21.1 (3.7) | 20.7 (4.3) |
| median (min to max) | 20 (19 to 39) | 19 (17 to 39) | |
| % missing | 5.3 | 5.1 | |
| Sex (%) | male | 29.3 | 38.9 |
| female | 67.3 | 56.7 | |
| missing | 3.6 | 4.5 | |
| Level of previous statistics knowledge (%) | none | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| GCSE (age 16 years) | 34.5 | 33.1 | |
| AS level (age 17 years) | 17.9 | 14.0 | |
| A level (age 18 years)* | 39.3 | 40.8 | |
| Degree (non-statistics) | 3.0 | 7.0 |