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Table 7 Comparison of mean scores of Critical Thinking Dispositions between medical and nursing students (mean ± SD)

From: Development and validation of the critical thinking disposition inventory for Chinese medical college students (CTDI-M)

Factor (number of items)

Discipline

Medical students

Nursing students

Open-mindedness

4.07 (0.58)a

3.82 (0.67)

Systematicity/analyticity

4.05 (0.55)a

3.82 (0.58)

Truth-seeking

3.84 (0.66)

3.73 (0.57)

  1. Note:ap < 0.01 (2-tailed), independent sample t-test (medical vs. nursing students)
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