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Table 8 Comparison of critical thinking and subscales scores by educational groups

From: Evaluating and comparing critical thinking skills of residents of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Scale

Internal medicine

Surgery

Orthopedic

F

P-value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Analysis

1.58 ± 3.80

1.55 ± 3.35

1.77 ± 3.42

1.60

0.205

Evaluation

1.81 ± 5.46

1.93 ± 5.20

1.84 ± 5.04

0.868

0.421

inference

2.06 ± 5.21

1.90 ± 4.77

1.85 ± 4.63

1.59

0.206

Deductive reasoning

2.23 ± 7.60

2.09 ± 6.62

2.06 ± 6.65

4.66

0.011

Inductive reasoning

2.03 ± 5.42

1.96 ± 5.31

2.29 ± 5.19

0.187

0.816

Total

3.45 ± 14.48

3.33 ± 13.33

3.71 ± 13.10

3.12

0.046