Measurement invariance of the strength of motivation for medical school: a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis

Table 1 Sample characteristics

Variable	Gender, n (%)		Age, yrs.
Variable	Male	Female	Mean	SD
Group 1 (n = 464)	248	216	20.13	1.43
Group 2 (n = 466)	244	222	19.97	2.20
Total (n = 930)	492	438	20.05	1.86
Test statistic for sample difference	χ² (1, n = 930) = 0.74, p = 0.11		t (928) = 1.24, p = 0.216

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