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Table 2 Results of descriptive analyses of tests

From: Association between expertise in clinical skills and mental functions networking related to manual dexterity

Non-Dental

(n = 19)

Mean

Median

SD

MIN

MAX

IQR

Normality†

 

VST-S

4.7

4.6

1.0

3.3

6.7

1.5

0.12

 

VST-C

5.9

5.6

1.6

3.5

10.1

1.8

0.22

 

VST-B

5.7

5.4

1.5

4.1

9.3

1.8

0.00

 

SART-NG

0.78

0.82

0.18

0.23

1.00

0.14

0.00

 

SART-G

1.00

1.00

0.00

0.99

1.00

0.00

0.00

 

SART-T

0.98

0.98

0.02

0.91

1.00

0.00

0.00

 

SAT

6.5

7.0

2.1

3.0

10.0

4.0

0.11

 

TDT

315

312

46

232

401

47

0.71

 

ΔTDT

0.06

0.06

0.02

0.02

0.12

0.03

0.40

 

HST-H

5.0

5.0

1.1

3.0

7.0

2.0

0.08

 

HST-G

8.4

7.0

4.2

3.0

18.0

4.0

0.02

 

PPT-D

16.5

17.0

1.9

13.0

20.0

3.0

0.84

 

PPT-ND

14.3

15.0

1.7

11.0

18.0

2.0

0.17

 

PPT-2

12.5

13.0

2.2

9.0

16.0

2.0

0.12

 

PPT-A

38.5

37.0

5.8

30.0

48.0

9.0

0.14

 

ΔPPT

0.13

0.12

0.09

0.00

0.28

0.15

0.13

 

FPF-D

7.5

7.4

2.5

3.2

12.7

3.2

0.85

 

FPF-ND

7.7

7.6

2.9

3.7

15.2

3.8

0.20

 

Dental

(n = 26)

Mean

Median

SD

MIN

MAX

IQR

Normality†

p††

VST-S

5.1

4.9

1.2

3.4

8.3

1.4

0.08

0.290

VST-C

5.9

6.0

1.5

3.7

9.4

2.2

0.45

0.945

VST-B

6.1

6.0

1.7

2.9

10.4

2.0

0.93

0.223

SART-NG

0.69

0.74

0.24

0.14

1.00

0.28

0.03

0.115

SART-G

1.00

1.00

0.01

0.97

1.00

0.00

0.00

0.519

SART-T

0.97

0.97

0.03

0.90

1.00

0.03

0.01

0.063

SAT

7.7

7.0

2.4

3.0

12.0

4.0

0.15

0.074

TDT

330

320

52

246

474

79

0.31

0.307

ΔTDT

0.06

0.06

0.02

0.02

0.09

0.02

0.03

0.520

HST-H

4.5

5.0

1.2

3.0

7.0

2.0

0.01

0.235

HST-G

8.6

8.0

4.3

2.0

18.0

5.5

0.11

0.826

PPT-D

15.3

15.0

1.6

12.0

19.0

2.3

0.40

0.022

PPT-ND

14.2

14.0

1.5

12.0

17.0

2.3

0.05

0.806

PPT-2

12.7

13.0

2.3

8.0

18.0

3.0

0.25

0.851

PPT-A

40.0

40.0

4.5

28.0

48.0

6.0

0.67

0.344

ΔPPT

0.07

0.07

0.11

-0.08

0.25

0.21

0.03

0.117

FPF-D

8.3

7.7

3.4

4.3

16.9

4.1

0.00

0.671

FPF-ND

7.4

6.9

2.6

3.3

12.8

3.4

0.03

0.791

  1. Notes: IQR, interquartile range; MAX, maximal value; MIN, minimal value; SD, standard deviation
  2. †The p values denote the results from Shapiro-Wilk test
  3. ††The p values denote the results of between-group comparison based on independent t-test (in the italic font) and Mann-Whitney U test (in the regular font)