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Table 1 Participants’ educational background and reading habits

From: Evaluation of statistical illiteracy in Latin American clinicians and the piloting evaluation of a short course across multiple timepoints

Educational background

Frequency (percentage)

Medical training level

 Undergraduate

103 (26.3%)

 General Practitioner

102 (26.0%)

 Resident

44 (11.3%)

 Graduated Specialist

142 (36.4%)

 Extra-curricular statistical training

82 (21%)

Years after medical graduation

Mean: 6, std. dev.: +/− 3

Declared number of scientific papers read per week

Mean: 3, std. dev.: +/− 2

Self-perceived level of Methodological understanding.

Mean:55/100, std. dev.: +/−  17

Mexican

321 (81.8%)

Argentinian

19 (4.8%)

Colombian

15 (3.8%)

Peruvian

15 (3.9%)

Other countries

19 (4.8%)

  1. n = 392