Table 2 Personality traits’ measures of central tendency and dispersions among the study sample.

From: Relationships between perception of black triangles appearance, personality factors and level of education

Personality trait

Descriptive

Total sample

G1 (n = 110)

G2 (n = 110)

G3 (n = 104)

G4 (n = 111)

N

M (SD)

20 (6)

19 (6)

21 (7)

22 (5)

20 (7)

Variance

42

41

45

30

48

Min–Max

2–42

2–42

6–40

5–38

6–39

95% CI

20–21

18–20

20–22

21–23

19–21

E

M (SD)

28 (5)

28 (5)

28 (5)

27 (5)

28 (5)

Variance

26

24

29

27

24

Min–Max

13–44

13–44

17–41

14–40

15–40

95% CI

27–28

27–29

27–29

26–28

27–29

O

M (SD)

24 (5)

24 (5)

25 (5)

24 (5)

24 (5)

Variance

23

20

24

22

27

Min–Max

11–43

15–38

11–38

12–34

11–43

95% CI

24–25

24–25

24–26

23–25

23–25

A

M (SD)

27 (4)

28 (3)

26 (4)

26 (5)

26 (5)

Variance

18

11

15

22

22

Min–Max

14–38

18–35

15–37

16–38

14–36

95% CI

26–27

27–28

26–27

25–27

25–27

C

M (SD)

33 (7)

33 (6)

32 (7)

31 (6)

35 (7)

Variance

43

32

46

39

50

Min–Max

9–48

9–47

14–46

19–48

17–48

95% CI

32–33

32–34

31–33

29–32

33–36

  1. G1 dentists, G2 clinical (4th and 5th year) dental students, G3 pre-clinical (3rd year) dental students, G4 laypeople, N neuroticism, E extraversion, O openness, A agreeableness, C conscientiousness, n number of participants, M mean score, SD standard deviation, Min minimum, Max maximum, CI confidence intervals.