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. 2002 May-Jun;9(3):283–293. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M0996

Table 3 .

Values of All Searching-related Factors for All Searches, Stratified by Student Type (Medical Student or Nurse Practitioner Student)

Variable All Medical Nurse Practitioner
Number 66 45 21
PreCorr (% true) 32% 32% 31%
PreCert (1–5) 3.2 3.2 3.2
PostCorr (% true) 46% 512% 35%
PostCert (1–5) 2.0 2.0 2.1
Time (min) 32 30 39
Stacks (= Used) 28% 32% 20%
Order (2–6) 4.0 4.0 4.0
School (= M) 68% 100% 0%
Age (yr) 34 31 41
Sex (= M) 35% 51% 0%
CompHrs (hr) 8.4 7.4 10.7
ProdSW (% true) 79% 72% 95%
OwnPC (% true) 92% 91% 95%
Modem (% true) 86% 82% 95%
Internet (% true) 73% 67% 85%
LitSrch (monthly) 5.7 7.1 2.6
WebSrch (monthly) 9.0 11.0 4.5
WebMed (monthly) 2.5 2.4 2.7
TrainEBM (% true) 57% 53% 67%
HrdMsh (% true) 91% 91% 92%
UsedMsh (% true) 73% 75% 67%
HrdSH (% true) 87% 85% 92%
UsedSH (% true) 60% 60% 58%
HrdExp (% true) 79% 83% 72%
UsedExp (% true) 49% 60% 25%
HrdPT (% true) 56% 69% 28%
UsedPT (% true) 22% 29% 5.0%
PracHard (% true) 68% 72% 60%
EnjComp (% true) 88% 87% 90%
VZ2 (score) 12.7 14.2 9.2
RL1 (score) 12.6 14.2 9.0
V4 (score) 22.6 23.1 21.6
Helpful (articles) 2.3 2.3 2.3
Justified (articles) 1.6 1.7 1.4
Sets (number) 19.1 21.6 13.7
Viewed (articles) 8.6 7.1 12.0
FTViewed (articles) 0.94 0.87 1.1
Quis (score) 6.6 6.8 6.3
Retrieved (articles) 26 23 32
Precision (calculated) 29% 30% 26%
Recall (calculated) 18% 18% 20%