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Table 4 Correlation matrix between UKCAT scores and Theme averages for the first two years

From: The value of the UK Clinical Aptitude Test in predicting pre-clinical performance: a prospective cohort study at Nottingham Medical School

  

UKCAT VR

UKCAT QR

UKCAT AR

UKCAT DA

UKCAT Total

Theme A average

Theme B average

Theme C average

Theme D average

Theme D OSCE average

UKCAT VR

Pearson Correlation

1

         
 

Sig. (2-tailed)

          
 

N

204

         

UKCAT QR

Pearson Correlation

.221**

1

        
 

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.002

         
 

N

204

204

        

UKCAT AR

Pearson Correlation

0.116

.199**

1

       
 

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.100

0.004

        
 

N

203

203

203 †

       

UKCAT DA

Pearson Correlation

.157*

.190**

.264**

1

      
 

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.025

0.007

<0.001

       
 

N

204

204

203

204

      

UKCAT Total

Pearson Correlation

.557**

.546**

.625**

.720**

1

     
 

Sig. (2-tailed)

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

      
 

N

204

204

203

204

204

     

Theme A average

Pearson Correlation

.189**

.240**

0.038

0.06

.211**

1

    
 

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.008

0.001

0.597

0.396

0.003

     
 

N

199

199

198

199

199

199

    

Theme B average

Pearson Correlation

0.133

.152*

0.003

0.036

0.126

.886**

1

   
 

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.063

0.032

0.961

0.619

0.078

<0.001

    
 

N

198

198

197

198

198

198

198

   

Theme C average

Pearson Correlation

.319**

0.073

0.117

0.066

.232**

.566**

.528**

1

  
 

Sig. (2-tailed)

<0.001

0.308

0.102

0.352

0.001

<0.001

<0.001

   
 

N

199

199

198

199

199

199

198

199

  

Theme D average

Pearson Correlation

0.003

0.018

-0.028

-.155*

-0.085

.367**

.463**

.463**

1

 
 

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.972

0.798

0.694

0.030

0.237

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

  
 

N

196

196

195

196

196

196

196

196

196

 

Theme D OSCE average

Pearson Correlation

0.039

0.066

0

-0.085

-0.014

.274**

.336**

.375**

.704**

1

 

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.584

0.361

0.991

0.239

0.849

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 
 

N

195

195

194

195

195

195

195

195

195

195

  1. VR = Verbal Reasoning; QR = Quantitative Reasoning; AR = Abstract Reasoning; DA = Decision Analysis. †1 student had no score provided for Abstract Reasoning, reason unknown