Title |
Attitudes toward statistics in medical postgraduates: measuring, evaluating and monitoring
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Published in |
BMC Medical Education, November 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6920-12-117 |
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Authors |
Yuhai Zhang, Lei Shang, Rui Wang, Qinbo Zhao, Chanjuan Li, Yongyong Xu, Haixia Su |
Abstract |
In medical training, statistics is considered a very difficult course to learn and teach. Current studies have found that students' attitudes toward statistics can influence their learning process. Measuring, evaluating and monitoring the changes of students' attitudes toward statistics are important. Few studies have focused on the attitudes of postgraduates, especially medical postgraduates. Our purpose was to understand current attitudes regarding statistics held by medical postgraduates and explore their effects on students' achievement. We also wanted to explore the influencing factors and the sources of these attitudes and monitor their changes after a systematic statistics course. |
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United States | 3 | 100% |
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Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Mexico | 2 | 2% |
Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 111 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 17 | 15% |
Lecturer | 14 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 10% |
Researcher | 10 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
Other | 35 | 30% |
Unknown | 20 | 17% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 25% |
Psychology | 19 | 17% |
Social Sciences | 16 | 14% |
Mathematics | 9 | 8% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 3% |
Other | 13 | 11% |
Unknown | 26 | 23% |