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Table 3 Regression statistics for different models of the relationship between predictor variables and academic performance (A1-8 for the CBSE, B1-8 for the CPIE and C1-8 for msGPA)

From: The validity of Iran’s national university entrance examination (Konkoor) for predicting medical students’ academic performance

Model

R2

hsGPA

Per

Ara

Rel

For

NS

Mat

Bio

Phy

Che

S

Tot

CBSE

             

A1

.109

.331**

           

A2

.185

 

.122**

.229**

.139**

.078**

       

A3

.189

      

.147**

.284**

NI

.097**

  

A4

.233

 

.082**

.162**

.103**

NI

 

.094**

.228**

NI

NI

  

A5

.229

.135**

.094**

.141**

.125**

NI

 

.107**

.129**

NI

NI

  

A6

.213

     

.271**

    

.240**

 

A7

.223

           

.473**

A8

.213

.159**

          

.367**

CPIE

             

B1

.050

.225**

           

B2

.064

 

.110**

.132**

NI

.079**

       

B3

.093

      

.112**

.132**

.077**

.069*

  

B4

.098

 

.066**

.068*

NI

NI

 

.095**

.127**

.074*

NI

  

B5

.116

.107**

.078*

NI

.063*

NI

 

.107**

.093**

.093*

NI

  

B6

.99

     

.115**

    

.233**

 

B7

.106

           

.326**

B8

.126

.094**

          

.307**

msGPA

             

C1

.197

.445**

           

C2

.133

 

.102**

.230**

.137**

NI

       

C3

.097

      

.053*

.231**

NI

.083**

  

C4

.153

 

.075**

.190**

.102**

NI

 

NI

.161**

NI

NI

  

C5

.246

.342**

.088**

.144**

.093**

NI

 

NI

NI

NI

NI

  

C6

.129

     

.301**

    

.084**

 

C7

.114

           

.339**

C8

.225

.352**

          

.192**

  1. ** P < α = 0.01; * P < α = 0.05; NI = Not included in the final model. (As they did not contribute significantly to model’s fit).
  2. hsGPA = High school grade point average (see the text for more details); Per = Persian language; Ara = Arabic language; Rel = Religious studies; For = Foreign language; NS = Total non-science subsection (see the text for more details); Mat = Mathematics; Bio = Biology; Phy = Physics; Che = Chemistry; S = Total science subsection (see the text for more details); Tot = Konkoor total score (see the text for more details); CBSE = Comprehensive Basic Sciences Exam; CPIE = Comprehensive Pre-Internship Exam; msGPA = Medical school grade point average (see the text for more details).
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