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Table 2 Pearsons correlations of admissions variables and course GPA by institution and year level

From: Same admissions tools, different outcomes: a critical perspective on predictive validity in three undergraduate medical schools

Institution

Level

UMAT

Interview

School

Logical reasoning#

Understanding people#

Non-verbal reasoning#

Total#

A

Year 1

0.40

0.21

−0.06

0.34

−0.31

0.26

Year 2

0.47

0.43

−0.14

0.41

−0.39

0.19

Year 3

0.48

0.47

−0.18

0.41

0.05

0.21

B

Year 1

0.18

0.29

−0.01

0.26

0.04

0.41

Year 2

0.16

0.19

−0.01

0.19

0.06

0.39

Year 3

−0.03

0.05

−0.05

−0.03

0.12

0.23

Year 4

0.08

0.17

0.00

0.15

0.08

0.28

C

Year 1

0.26

0.18

0.14

0.32

 

0.12

Year 2

0.16

−0.09

0.18

0.14

 

0.19

  1. Bolded coefficients p < 0.05.
  2. #adjusted for restriction of range.