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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for variables used in the study

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

 

Mean

SD

Max

Num

hsGPA

18.3675

1.48171

20

1161

Per

81.694

10.1369

100

2126

Ara

67.206

19.5505

100

2126

Rel

81.588

10.2619

100

2126

For

77.049

16.6000

100

2126

NS

307.53636

43.097171

400

2126

Mat

45.033

21.8005

100

2126

Bio

79.067

13.9110

100

2126

Phy

55.286

20.0649

100

2126

Che

75.733

14.0190

100

2126

S

255.11863

56.059116

400

2126

Tot

9869.07

851.538

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2126

CBSE

137.45

20.753

200

1759

CPIE

127.02

18.281

203

1886

msGPA

15.2401

1.49175

20

1822

  1. SD = standard deviation; Max = maximum; Num = number of participants for whom data was available; 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).