Table 1 Demographic data for undergraduate medical students according to the usage of statistical analysis software. (n = 489)
Variables | Overall, N = 4891 | Used Statistical analysis software | p-value2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes, N = 127 | No, N = 362 | |||
Age, Mean ± SD | 21.94 ± 1.61 | 22.34 ± 1.60 | 21.80 ± 1.59 | 0.001 |
Gender, n (%) | 0.76 | |||
Female | 256 (52.4) | 65 (51.2) | 191 (52.8) | |
Male | 233 (47.6) | 62 (48.8) | 171 (47.2) | |
Marital status, n (%) | > 0.99 | |||
Married | 13 (2.7) | 3 (2.4) | 10 (2.8) | |
Single | 475 (97.1) | 124 (97.6) | 351 (97.0) | |
Widow | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | |
Year of study, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Second | 120 (24.5) | 23 (18.1) | 97 (26.8) | |
Third | 136 (27.8) | 22 (17.3) | 114 (31.5) | |
Fourth | 102 (20.9) | 28 (22.0) | 74 (20.4) | |
Fifth | 103 (21.1) | 33 (26.0) | 70 (19.3) | |
Sixth | 28 (5.7) | 21 (16.5) | 7 (1.9) | |
Received or attended any physical or online course in biostatistics, n (%) | 228 (46.6) | 74 (58.3) | 154 (42.5) | 0.002 |
Received or attended any physical or online course in Evidence based medicine, n (%) | 144 (29.4) | 45 (35.4) | 99 (27.3) | 0.085 |
Received or attended any physical or online course in Research methodology, n (%) | 284 (58.1) | 99 (78.0) | 185 (51.1) | < 0.001 |
Having a family member (parent, sibling, spouse,..etc.)working in health care, n (%) | 262 (53.6) | 74 (58.3) | 188 (51.9) | 0.22 |
Participated in or establish a research project, n (%) | 175 (35.8) | 78 (61.4) | 97 (26.8) | < 0.001 |
Published a research, n (%) | 28 (5.7) | 20 (15.7) | 8 (2.2) | < 0.001 |