Table 3.

The results of the Kruskal–Wallis test showing comparison of the students’ perceptions about use of Social Networking Sites for Medical Education (SNSME) across years of schooling (N = 1312).

Statement	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	χ2	p values
1	671	699	579	686	690	26.98	0.00*
2	653	666	601	745	666	21.71	0.00*
3	551	702	604	686	680	20.64	0.00*
4	447	638	643	657	705	30.80	0.00*
5	602	613	648	638	697	10.70	0.03**
6	499	642	640	649	696	21.11	0.00*
7	511	635	661	774	626	32.21	0.00*
8	486	630	664	764	638	31.95	0.00*
9	534	633	651	790	626	33.41	0.00*
10	479	651	677	733	624	28.07	0.00*
11	503	640	666	724	642	19.45	0.00*
12	509	647	661	757	619	28.71	0.00*
13	518	668	660	774	597	37.57	0.00*
14	555	653	660	758	605	25.80	0.00*
15	466	647	668	760	619	37.39	0.00*
16	483	651	678	772	599	44.11	0.00*
17	419	662	670	760	616	49.09	0.00*
18	474	658	667	758	610	37.52	0.00*
19	645	676	644	761	593	26.72	0.00*
20	828	660	640	602	611	24.23	0.00*

Note: MR: mean rank. Here grouping variable is age group. * and ** represent p values of <0.01 and <0.05, respectively.

Bold values reflect statistically significant differences between responses by male and female participants.