Table 2. Correlation Between Demographic Data and Critical Thinking Skills.
Variables | Domains in Critical Thinking Skills | |||||
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Inductive reasoning | Deductive reasoning | Interpretation | Evaluation | Analysis | Total score | |
Age | r = -0.137, P = 0.09 | r = -0.135, P = 0.09 | r = -0.043, P = 0.60 | r = -0.238, P = 0.06 | r = -0.074, P = 0.37 | r = -0.172, P = 0.06 |
Gender | r = 0.750, P = 0.87 | r = 0.349, P = 0.33 | r = 0.125, P = 0.39 | r = 0.704, P = 0.36 | r = 0.912, P = 0.93 | r = 0.478, P = 0.81 |
High school grade point average | r = -0.077, P = 0.34 | r = -0.007, P = 0.93 | r = 0.025, P = 0.76 | r = -0.108, P = 0.18 | r = 0.030, P = 0.71 | r = -0.025, P = 0.76 |
Rank in university entrance examination | r = 0.128, P = 0.11 | r = 0.034, P = 0.68 | r = 0.003, P = 0.96 | r = 0.105, P = 0.20 | r = -0.026, P = 0.75 | r = 0.043, P = 0.60 |
Interest in the nursing profession | r = 0.00, P = 0.97 | r = -0.094, P = 0.25 | r = 0.086, P = 0.29 | r = 0.059, P = 0.47 | r = -0.055, P = 0.51 | r = 0.068, P = 0.40 |