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Table 2 Student responses to section 1 of the questionnaire on a scale of 0–4

From: Large-scale application of case-based learning for teaching medical biochemistry: a challenging experience with positive impacts

 

Year 2016–2017

Year 2017–2018

All

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

Item 1

394

3.21

0.78

438

3.18

0.82

832

3.19

0.80

Item 2

393

3.17

0.81

437

3.20

0.83

830

3.19

0.82

Item 3

385

2.98

0.85

436

2.92

0.93

821

2.95

0.90

Item 4

394

2.83

0.96

435

2.77

1.07

829

2.80

1.00

Item 5

391

3.15

0.74

436

3.24

0.85

827

3.20

0.80

Item 6

384

3.09

0.78

437

3.07

0.84

821

3.08

0.81

Item 7

390

3.05

0.81

437

3.02

0.91

827

3.03

0.87

Item 8

385

3.04

0.90

436

3.07

0.90

821

3.06

0.90

Item 9

388

2.99

1.05

433

2.93

1.16

821

2.96

1.11

Item 10

390

2.98

1.13

431

2.86

1.24

821

2.92

1.19

Averagea

395

3.05

0.62

439

3.02

0.68

834b

3.03

0.65

  1. Nonparametric tests were used because the data did not show normal distribution as proved by Kolmogorov–Smirnov test
  2. aKruskal–Wallis test: There are significant differences between the responses to different items
  3. bMann–Whitney test: no significant difference between the two academic years in all except item 5