Table 2.
Comparison of the person-times of participation in discussion and interaction for each question and the total between two groups
| Question | Study group (n = 35) | Control group (n = 36) | P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating in discussion | Answering questions initiatively | Further challenging or analyzing others’ answers | Total | Participating in discussion | Answering questions initiatively | Further challenging or analyzing others’ answers | Total | ||
| 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0.001a |
| 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0.094 |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0.761 |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0.432 |
| 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0.223 |
| 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0.347 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0.944 |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0.205 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.014 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.087 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0.140 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.246 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0.413 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0.094 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.053 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.042 |
| Total | 192 | 108 | 0.000b | ||||||
Unit: person-time
Supposed total person-times for each question for each group = 3 × n
Supposed total person-times for all the questions for each group = 3 × 16 × n
aComparison between 15/(3*35) for the study group and 6/(3*36) for the control group
bComparison between 192/(3*16*35) for the study group and 108/(3*16*36) for the control group