Assessing the effect of virtual education on information literacy competency for evidence-based practice among the undergraduate nursing students

Table 4 Comparison of the mean scores of information searching skills and the use of different search features between intervention and control groups at pre- and posttest

variable	Time	Pre test	Post test	Mean difference	Statistic t^a & p
variable	Groups	M ± SD	M ± SD	Mean difference	Statistic t^a & p
Information searching skills	Intervention	2.33 ± 0.74	2.85 ± 0.31	0.52	t = 2.40 p = 0.02
	Control	2.45 ± 0.64	2.17 ± 0.58	− 0.28	t = 2.36 p = 0.02
	Statistic t^b & p	t = 0.68 p = 0.50	t = 3.14 p = 0.002

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