Table 2 Comparison of student groups
From: Profiling strugglers in a graduate-entry medicine course at Nottingham: a retrospective case study
Descriptor | Students making normal progress (comparison group) | Early leavers and students failing to thrive (study group) | OR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 309 | % | N = 53 | % | χ 2 | p | 95% CI | ||
Sex | Female | 128 | 41.4 | 23 | 43.4 | 0.072 | NS | |
Male | 181 | 58.6 | 30 | 56.6 | ||||
Degree Faculty | Biological or life science | 127 | 41.2 | 21 | 39.6 | |||
Health professional qualification | 17 | 5.5 | 3 | 5.7 | ||||
Natural science, engineering, maths or IT | 89 | 28.9 | 14 | 26.4 | ||||
Humanities, law, social sciences or arts | 76 | 24.7 | 15 | 28.3 | ||||
Degree Faculty group | Biological or life science | 127 | 41.1 | 21 | 39.6 | 0.041 | NS | |
All others | 182 | 58.9 | 32 | 60.4 | ||||
Degree class * | 1st (or GPA equivalent) | 52 | 16.9 | 8 | 15.1 | |||
2.1 | 154 | 50.0 | 19 | 35.8 | ||||
2.2 | 96 | 31.2 | 25 | 47.2 | ||||
3rd | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.9 | ||||
Other (Higher degree, Masters/Doctorate) | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Degree class group * | 1st, 2.1 or higher degree | 209 | 67.9 | 27 | 50.9 | 5.72 | 0.017 | 2.03 1.29 – 3.67 |
2.2 or 3rd class | 99 | 32.1 | 26 | 49.1 | ||||