Effect of gamification applications on success of dentistry students

Table 1 Distribution of demographic characteristics by group

		n	%
Group	Group 1	81	35.5
	Group 2	68	29.8
	Group 3	79	34.6
	Total	228	100.0
Gender	Female	125	54.8
	Male	103	45.2
	Total	228	100.0
Grade	4th-grade	109	47.8
	5th-grade	119	52.2
	Total	228	100.0

Table 2 Comparison of success grade by group, class, and gender

		Final exam success grade			Analysis		Within-group difference (LSD)
		n	Average	SD	Statistic	P value
Group (F)	Group 1	81	71.64	17.12	6.039	0.003	1-2
	Group 2	68	62.15	16.82			1-3
	Group 3	79	65.41	17.23
Gender (t)	Female	125	68.84	16.81	2.105	0.036
	Male	103	63.99	17.92
Grade (t)	4th-grade	109	65.00	19.39	-1.355	0.177
	5th-grade	119	68.16	15.38

F: One-way analysis of variance; t: t tests.

Table 3 Comparison of success grade by class in group separation

Group	Grade	Exam result			Analysis
		n	Average	SD	Statistic	P value
Group 1	4th-grade	28	69.39	13.66	-0.944	0.349
	5th-grade	53	72.83	18.71
Group 2	4th-grade	40	63.35	20.28	0.782	0.485
	5th-grade	28	60.43	10.13
Group 3	4th-grade	41	63.61	21.68	-0.985	0.329
	5th-grade	38	67.34	10.50

Table 4 Comparison of success grade by gender in group separation

Group	Gender	Exam result			Analysis
		n	Average	SD	Statistic	P value
Group1	Female	48	72.48	18.60	0.550	0.584
	Male	33	70.42	14.92
Group 2	Female	31	68.77	13.74	3.169	0.002
	Male	37	56.59	17.31
Group 3	Female	46	65.09	16.21	-0.193	0.848
	Male	33	65.85	18.81