Table 2. Personal Interest (PI), Maintaining Norms (MN) and Universal Principles (UP) scores for animal and human scenarios for students of Bachelor of Arts (Arts), medicine/surgery (Med), applied science (Anim Sci), veterinary science (Vet Sci) and veterinary technology (Vet Tech).
| ReasoningType | Course | Previous Degree | No PreviousDegree | Male | Female | English Primary Language | English Not Primary Language | P ValueCourse | P ValuePrevious Degree | P ValueSex | P Value Language | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts | Med | AnimSci | Vet Sci | VetTech | |||||||||||
| Animal PI, median | 6.9a | 0.0c | 3.4 b,c | 3.4b | 6.9ab | 0.00 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 0.004 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.42 |
| MN, median | 24.1c | 37.9a | 31.0 bc | 32.8b | 34.5b | 36.2 | 31.0 | 37.9 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 37.9 | 0.001 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| UP, median | 65.5 | 58.6 | 65.5 | 65.5 | 62.1 | 62.1 | 65.5 | 60.3 | 65.5 | 65.5 | 55.2 | 0.11 | 0.56 | 0.001 | 0.06 |
| HumanPI, median | 35.1a | 24.6b | 28.1b | 27.2b | 28.1a | 24.6 | 28.1 | 29.8 | 28.1 | 28.1 | 28.1 | 0.05 | 0.58 | 0.05 | 0.76 |
| MN, median | 28.1 | 31.6 | 35.1 | 29.8 | 35.1 | 31.6 | 31.6 | 31.6 | 31.6 | 31.6 | 33.3 | 0.30 | 0.18 | 0.85 | 0.85 |
| UP, mean | 36.0a,b | 43.6a | 34.4b | 41.5a | 35.8a,b | 37.4 | 39.1 | 35.3 | 41.2 | 39.1 | 37.4 | 0.004 | 0.57 | 0.002 | 0.56 |
a,b,c Medians and means with common superscripts do not differ significantly (p>0.05). For parameters tested by Moods Median Test, pairwise comparisons are by Mann-Whitney Test; for parameters tested by General Linear Model, pairwise comparisons are by Tukey’s Multiple Comparison Test