Research Article

Developing Research Competence in Undergraduate Students through Hands on Learning

Table 2

Student attitudes towards research prior to and following the completion of a nutrition research methods unit.

PREPOST Improved () No change () Decrease ()
Median (IQR)RangeMedian (IQR)Range

Motivated (1) to unmotivated (7)3 (2, 4)1–52 (2, 3)1–40.223674
Interested (1) to uninterested (7)3 (2, 4)1–62 (1, 3)1–30.056773
Involved (1) to uninvolved (7)3 (1, 4)1–43 (2, 3)1–60.974638
Not stimulated (1) to stimulated (7)5 (4, 7)3–75 (5, 6)3–70.942395
Do not want to study it (1) to want to study it (7)5 (5, 6)4–75 (5, 6)3–70.557494
Inspired (1) to uninspired (7)3 (2, 4)1–52 (2, 3)1–60.295944
Unchallenged (1) to challenged (7)6 (5, 7)5–76 (6, 7)5–70.166773
Un-invigorated (1) to invigorated (7)5 (4, 6)3–75 (5, 6)3–70.317845
Unenthused (1) to enthused (7)5 (5, 6)3–76 (5, 6)4–70.166773
Excited (1) to not excited (7)3 (2, 5)1–63 (2, 4)1–50.409836
Aroused (1) to not aroused (7)3 (3, 4)1–43 (3, 5)1–70.088458
Not fascinated (1) to fascinated (7)6 (5, 6)3–76 (5, 7)4–70.166773
Dreading it (1) to look forward to it (7)5 (4, 6)3–75 (5, 6)3–70.428845
Important (1) to unimportant (7)2 (1, 2)1–51 (1, 2)1–30.2065102
Useful (1) to useless (7)2 (1, 2)1–51 (1, 2)1–30.0965111
Helpful (1) to harmful (7)2 (1, 2)1–61 (1, 2)1–30.0965111

obtained from Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test comparing pre- and postattitudes towards research.