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Table 2 Comparison of the person-times of participation in discussion and interaction for each question and the total between two groups

From: Problem/case-based learning with competition introduced in severe infection education: an exploratory study

Question

Study group (n = 35)

Control group (n = 36)

P value

Participating in discussion

Answering questions initiatively

Further challenging or analyzing others’ answers

Total

Participating in discussion

Answering questions initiatively

Further challenging or analyzing others’ answers

Total

1

8

3

4

15

2

1

3

6

0.001a

2

7

2

5

14

3

2

2

7

0.094

3

4

2

4

10

2

3

4

9

0.761

4

5

1

5

11

3

3

2

8

0.432

5

6

1

6

13

4

1

3

8

0.223

6

8

3

3

14

2

4

4

10

0.347

7

5

3

3

11

5

4

2

11

0.944

8

7

2

3

12

2

2

3

7

0.205

9

5

3

4

12

0

2

1

3

0.014

10

5

3

2

10

0

3

1

4

0.087

11

7

1

5

13

3

2

2

7

0.140

12

4

2

3

9

2

2

1

5

0.246

13

5

3

2

10

3

3

1

7

0.413

14

7

2

5

14

4

1

2

7

0.094

15

6

2

3

11

2

1

1

4

0.053

16

8

1

4

13

2

2

1

5

0.042

Total

   

192

   

108

0.000b

  1. Unit: person-time
  2. Supposed total person-times for each question for each group = 3 × n
  3. Supposed total person-times for all the questions for each group = 3 × 16 × n
  4. aComparison between 15/(3*35) for the study group and 6/(3*36) for the control group
  5. bComparison between 192/(3*16*35) for the study group and 108/(3*16*36) for the control group