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Table 2 Attitude towards statistics for undergraduate medical students (n = 489)

From: Statistics for undergraduate medical students in Sudan: associated factors for using statistical analysis software and attitude toward statistics among undergraduate medical students in Sudan

Variables

Overall, N = 4891

Used Statistical analysis software

p-value2

Yes, N = 1271

No, N = 3621

Overall attitude, Mean ± SD

4.64 ± 0.91

4.86 ± 0.89

4.56 ± 0.90

0.001

Affect mean, Mean ± SD

4.46 ± 1.17

4.73 ± 1.20

4.37 ± 1.14

0.008

Cognitive Competence mean, Mean ± SD

5.13 ± 1.12

5.41 ± 1.08

5.03 ± 1.12

0.002

Value mean, Mean ± SD

5.13 ± 0.99

5.36 ± 1.02

5.05 ± 0.97

0.002

Difficulty mean, Mean ± SD

3.58 ± 0.90

3.50 ± 0.92

3.61 ± 0.89

0.25

Interest mean, Mean ± SD

4.86 ± 1.89

5.24 ± 1.82

4.73 ± 1.90

0.004

Effort mean, Mean ± SD

4.66 ± 1.82

4.94 ± 1.80

4.56 ± 1.82

0.029

  1. 1Data were presented as Mean ± SD
  2. 2Mann-Whitney U test test