The UK clinical aptitude test and clinical course performance at Nottingham: a prospective cohort study

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Table 3 Correlations between UKCAT scores and clinical course marks

		UKCAT Verbal reasoning	UKCAT Quantitative reasoning	UKCAT Abstract reasoning †	UKCAT Decision analysis	UKCAT Total score
CP1 knowledge	Pearson r	.215**	.173*	0.046	0.078	.192**
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.003	0.015	0.523	0.279	0.007
	N	196	196	195	196	196
CP1 skills	Pearson r	.188**	0.005	0.000	0.049	0.115
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.008	0.945	0.998	0.494	0.108
	N	196	196	195	196	196
CP1 average	Pearson r	.237**	0.087	0.020	0.070	.173*
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.001	0.225	0.776	0.327	0.015
	N	196	196	195	196	196
CP2 knowledge	Pearson r	.266**	0.125	0.005	0.086	.176*
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.001	0.089	0.947	0.244	0.016
	N	187	187	186	187	187
CP2 skills	Pearson r	.224**	0.126	0.130	0.100	.259**
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.002	0.086	0.077	0.172	<0.001
	N	187	187	186	187	187
CP2 weighted average	Pearson r	.275**	0.14	0.072	0.104	.242**
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.001	0.056	0.326	0.158	0.001
	N	187	187	186	187	187
CP3 knowledge	Pearson r	.255**	.203**	0.004	0.073	.205**
	Sig. (2-tailed)	<0.001	0.006	0.962	0.323	0.005
	N	185	185	184	185	185
CP3 skills	Pearson r	0.144	0.110	0.053	0.020	0.116
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.050	0.135	0.471	0.791	0.114
	N	185	185	184	185	185
CP3 average	Pearson r	.237**	.183*	0.031	0.060	.193**
	Sig. (2-tailed)	0.001	0.012	0.675	0.414	0.009
	N	185	185	184	185	185

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