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Table 4 Comparison of pain scores of patients with three disease types and two treatment schemes

From: Analysis of t-test misuses and SPSS operations in medical research papers

Disease types

n

Treatment schemes

n

Scheme A

n

Scheme B

Burn

10

5

12.00 ± 2.236

5

17.20 ± 3.194*

Trauma

10

5

20.80 ± 3.033##

5

10.20 ± 1.924***,##

Arthritis

10

5

12.80 ± 2.387$$

5

13.20 ± 1.924#,$

  1. Note: Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. * indicates the comparison between two treatment schemes by independent samples t-test, p < 0.05 is labeled as * and p < 0.001 is ***
  3. # indicates the comparison between trauma/arthritis group and burn group by independent samples t-test, p < 0.05 is labeled as # and p < 0.01 is ##
  4. $ indicates the comparison between arthritis group and trauma group by independent samples t-test, p < 0.05 is labeled as $ and p < 0.01 is $$