Table 1.
Information about the Participants in the Intervention and Control Groups
| Professor | Post doc | Ph.D. student | Others* | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Group | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Intervention Group | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| (a) Positions. *Others is a technician with a Master’s degree in a field other than biology | |||||
| Understand Well | Understand Somewhat | Know only the genes | Totally Ignorant | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Group | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Intervention Group | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| (b) Knowledge in SNF1 pathway. | |||||
| Understand Well | Understand Somewhat | Totally Ignorant | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Group | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Intervention Group | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| (c) Knowledge in cDNA microarray technology | |||||
| Average | Std. dev. | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Group | 0.56 | 0.13 | 0.34 | ||
| Intervention Group | 0.60 | 0.16 | |||
| (d) Subjective self-evaluation of computer expertise using the following values: 0=Novice, 0.5=Intermediate, 1.0=Expert. | |||||