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Table 2 Descriptive Statistics for the SMMS Total and Subscale Scores

From: Measurement invariance of the strength of motivation for medical school: a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis

Group

Willingness to sacrifice subscale

Readiness to start subscale

Persistence subscale

Total score

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Group 1 (n = 464)

3.41

0.61

3.01

0.80

3.30

0.66

3.24

0.52

Group 2 (n = 466)

3.47

0.64

3.04

0.78

3.38

0.64

3.30

0.51

Male (n = 492)

3.36

0.64

3.00

0.78

3.31

0.68

3.23

0.52

Female (n = 438)

3.53

0.60

3.05

0.79

3.37

0.62

3.32

0.50

Total (n = 930)

3.44

0.63

3.03

0.79

3.34

0.65

3.27

0.51