Table 2. Comparison of main characteristics among four thesis types. § Statistically significant.
| Overall n = 40 |
PhD (1) n = 10 |
Specialist II (2) n = 10 |
Master (3) n = 10 |
Residency (4) n = 10 |
p | Post hoc§ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title words | 19.50 (9) |
26.50 (6) |
21.00 (9) |
16.50 (4) |
17.00 (5) |
0.006§ | p1-3, p1-4 |
| Aim | 2.00 (0) |
2.00 (0) |
2.00 (0) |
2.00 (0) |
2.00 (0) |
0.081 | |
| Table | 28.00 (13) |
35.00 (12) |
27.00 (14) |
22.00 (16) |
27.50 (15) |
0.055 | |
| Diagram | 9.00 (9) |
10.50 (8) |
5.50 (5) |
8.50 (8) |
15.50 (14) |
0.008§ | p2-4 |
| Figure | 22.00 (10) |
35.00 (16) |
22.00 (12) |
21.00 (14) |
21.00 (7) |
0.003§ | p1-2, p1-3 p1-4 |
| Introduction | 2.00 (1) |
2.00 (0) |
2.00 (0) |
3.00 (0) |
2.00 (1) |
< 0.001§ | p1-3, p2-3 |
| Literature review | 31.50 (12) |
39.50 (11) |
28.50 (10) |
27.00 (14) |
27.50 (9) |
0.001§ | p1-2, p1-3 p1-4 |
| Materials and method | 13.00 (9) |
17.50 (6) |
14.00 (5) |
7.50 (6) |
10.50 (8) |
0.001§ | p1-3, p1-4 p2-3 |
| Results | 21.00 (8) |
31.50 (11) |
18.00 (5) |
16.50 (8) |
22.00 (8) |
< 0.001§ | p1-2, p1-3 |
| Discussion | 23.50 (9) |
37.00 (7) |
21.00 (4) |
19.00 (9) |
24.50 (8) |
< 0.001§ | p1-2, p1-3 p1-4 |
| Conclusion | 2.00 (0) |
2.00 (0) |
2.00 (1) |
2.00 (1) |
2.00 (0) |
0.301 | |
| Pages | 90.50 (35) |
130.00 (16) |
85.50 (11) |
72.00 (28) |
87.50 (17) |
< 0.001§ | p1-2, p1-3 p1-4 |
| References | 84.50 (60) |
139.50 (30) |
85.50 (25) |
53.00 (51) |
61.00 (24) |
< 0.001§ | p1-2, p1-3 p1-4, p2-4 |