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Table 6 Relationship between personality, GPA and gender

From: Importance of the big-five in the future medical specialty preference

 

Male

Female

Together

 

Variable

Median (IQR)

P valuea

Extraversion

33 (30–39)

33 (28–37.5)

33 (29–38)

0.104

Agreeableness

36 (31–40)

39 (35–43)

38 (34–42)

< 0.001

Conscientiousness

35 (31–40.25)

36 (31–40)

36 (31–40)

0.832

Emotional stability

34 (28.75–37.5)

31 (27–36)

32 (27–37)

< 0.001

Intellect/imagination

37 (33–41)

36 (33–41)

36 (33–41)

0.458

GPA

4 (3.9–4.5)

4 (4–4.4)

4 (4–4.45)

0.753

  1. aMann-Whitney Test