Table 2 Median (first quartile, third quartile) from 0 to 10 assigned to qualitative descriptors of risk by course (n = 197)1
Qualitative descriptor | Medicine (n = 129) | Journalism (n = 68) | p-value2 |
|---|---|---|---|
Unlikely | 2 (1,2) | 2 (1, 3) | 0.11 |
Probably | 8 (7, 8) | 7 (5, 8) | 0.001 |
A chance | 5 (3, 5) | 5 (4, 6) | 0.27 |
Likely | 8 (7, 8) | 8 (7, 8) | 0.25 |
Confident | 9 (9, 10) | 9 (8, 9) | 0.03 |