理解统计学的困难:尼日利亚大学医学生的视角

O. Adeleye, A. Ofili
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目的:本研究旨在探讨医学生在统计理解困难方面的特点,并探讨这些学生对这种困难的感知原因。方法:采用描述性横断面问卷调查法,对293名贝宁大学医学院大四学生进行了访谈。结果:87名(29.7%)受访者表示理解统计有困难。主要原因为统计学教学不理想,58人(66.7%);对统计不认真的人有21人(24.1%);“统计本身很困难”的回答为19(21.8%)。女性比男性更有可能将自己的困难归咎于科目教学不理想(p=0.09;或= 0.34)。对统计学的兴趣范围从“好”到“优秀”的受访者也更有可能将他们的困难归咎于不令人满意的学科教学(p=0.034;OR=0.37),但不太可能将此归咎于他们对主题的不认真(p=0.00;OR=9.84)比那些兴趣范围从“一般”到“非常低”的人要高。结论:医学生统计学理解困难的主要原因是统计学教学质量差和自认不认真。应聘请熟练的医学统计教师来教授这门学科并激励学生学习这门学科。关键词:医学生,医学教育,统计学,性别,尼日利亚
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Difficulty in Understanding Statistics: Medical Students’ Perspectives in a Nigerian University
PURPOSE: The study was conducted to examine the characteristics of medical students vis-a-vis difficulty in understanding statistics and to explore the perceived causes of this difficulty among those affected. METHODS: In a descriptive cross-sectional questionnairebased survey, 293 consenting final year medical students of the University of Benin were interviewed. RESULTS: Eighty-seven (29.7%) respondents expressed difficulty in understanding statistics. Their major reasons (from multiple-response questions) were the unsatisfactory teaching of statistics, 58, (66.7%); their unseriousness about statistics, 21, (24.1%); and a perception that statistics itself was difficult, 19, (21.8%). Females were more likely than males to blame their difficulty on the unsatisfactory teaching of the subject (p=0.09; OR=0.34). Respondents whose interest in statistics ranged from “good” to “excellent” were also more likely to blame their difficulty on the unsatisfactory teaching of the subject (p=0.034; OR=0.37) but less likely to blame this on their unseriousness about the subject (p=0.00; OR=9.84) than those whose interest ranged from “fair” to “very low”. CONCLUSION: Most medical students who had difficulty in understanding statistics blamed the situation mainly on poor teaching of the subject and their self-rated unseriousness about the subject. Skilled medical statistics teachers should be engaged to teach the subject and to motivate students to learn it. Key words: Medical students, Medical education, Statistics, Gender, Nigeria.
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