Table 1

Baseline Characteristics of respondents



Old style teaching (n = 168)
New style teaching (n = 157)

Age
mean (sd)
21.1 (3.7)
20.7 (4.3)

median (min to max)
20 (19 to 39)
19 (17 to 39)

% missing
5.3
5.1




Sex (%)
male
29.3
38.9

female
67.3
56.7

missing
3.6
4.5




Level of previous statistics knowledge (%)
none
5.4
5.1

GCSE (age 16 years)
34.5
33.1

AS level (age 17 years)
17.9
14.0

A level (age 18 years)*
39.3
40.8

Degree (non-statistics)
3.0
7.0

* High school diploma level

Freeman et al. BMC Medical Education 2008 8:28   doi:10.1186/1472-6920-8-28