Table 3.
CARES Fellows Training Pretest and Posttest Scores (Percent of Total Correct at Each Session)
| Sessions | n | Pretest Score | Pretest Score | Score Difference (post–pre) | Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | zW | p | ||
| 1. Introduction to Research | 16 | 67.5 | 16.5 | 83.1 | 7.0 | 15.6 | 18.6 | 2.689 | .01** |
| 2. E-Health and Health Literacy | 18 | 76.7 | 18.5 | 88.9 | 14.1 | 12.2 | 26.7 | 1.866 | .06 |
| 3. Ethics | 18 | 71.1 | 14.1 | 74.4 | 20.4 | 3.3 | 20.9 | 0.676 | .50 |
| 4. Research Methods | 15 | 60.0 | 21.4 | 61.3 | 26.7 | 1.3 | 19.2 | 0.277 | .78 |
| 5. Library Resources/Data/Cultural Competency | 15 | 77.3 | 21.2 | 53.3 | 24.7 | −24.0 | 31.4 | −2.381 | .02* |
| 6. Qualitative Methods | 12 | 50.0 | 30.2 | 61.7 | 24.8 | 11.7 | 32.4 | 1.144 | .25 |
| 7. Census 2010: Stand Up and Be Counted/Quantitative Methods | 12 | 62.5 | 16.9 | 81.3 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 21.7 | 2.310 | .02 |
| 8. Community-Based Participatory Research | 14 | 76.8 | 26.8 | 51.8 | 22.9 | −25.0 | 40.4 | −1.987 | .05* |
| 9. Community Health | 12 | 81.7 | 15.9 | 91.7 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 2.121 | .03* |
| 10. Introduction to Epidemiology | 12 | 75.0 | 21.1 | 80.0 | 17.1 | 5.0 | 21.1 | 0.791 | .43 |
| 11. Workforce Assessment and Health Literacy | 9 | 46.7 | 17.3 | 75.6 | 16.7 | 28.9 | 28.5 | 2.214 | .03* |
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01.