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Table 1 Bivariate associations (ANOVA) between pre-admission measures* according to socio-demographic characteristics mean scores for each group (and significance)

From: Predictive power of UKCAT and other pre-admission measures for performance in a medical school in Glasgow: a cohort study

 

(N)

(%)

UKCAT-Total score

UKCAT –Verbal reasoning

UKCAT –Quant reasoning

UKCAT–Decision analysis

UKCAT –Abstract reasoning

Total Science Score

Interview score#

Gender

         

Male

(83)

(43.9)

0.096

0.012

0.251

0.021

-0.016

0.196

0.069

Female

(106)

(56.1)

-0.076

-0.009

-0.197

-0.016

0.012

-0.152

-0.054

(sig)

  

(0.242)

(0.885)

(0.002)

(0.800)

(0.848)

(0.018)

(0.403)

Age

         

18 or less

(128)

(67.7)

0.100

0.051

0.149

0.012

0.068

0.316

-0.034

Over 18

(61)

(32.3)

-0.210

-0.107

-0.313

-0.025

-0.142

-0.691

0.071

(sig)

  

(0.047)

(0.312)

(0.003)

(0.811)

(0.178)

(0.000)

(0.504)

Ethnicity

         

White

(153)

(81.8)

0.093

0.093

0.050

0.052

0.054

-0.056

0.058

Non-white

(34)

(18.2)

-0.397

-0.435

-0.205

-0.188

-0.240

0.289

-0.269

(sig)

  

(0.010)

(0.005)

(0.180)

(0.207)

(0.123)

(0.080)

(0.086)

Deprivation

         

Lower

(130)

(68.8)

0.026

-0.021

-0.014

0.057

0.043

-0.023

-0.031

Higher

(32)

(16.9)

-0.326

-0.052

-0.238

-0.394

-0.159

-0.130

0.159

Missing

(27)

(14.3)

0.260

0.165

0.349

0.192

-0.019

0.263

-0.037

(sig)

  

(0.070)

(0.644)

(0.076)

(0.040)

(0.590)

(0.306)

(0.616)

Parental HE

         

No

(34)

(18.8)

-0.053

-0.007

-0.035

-0.057

-0.041

-0.712

-0.125

Yes

(147)

(81.2)

0.040

0.037

0.027

0.023

0.020

0.125

0.046

(sig)

  

(0.628)

(0.815)

(0.748)

(0.679)

(0.754)

(0.000)

(0.372)

School HE participation

         

Scotland – high

(96)

(50.8)

0.109

0.056

0.111

0.125

-0.013

0.044

0.003

Scotland – low

(28)

(14.8)

-0.240

-0.043

-0.140

-0.323

-0.108

-0.034

-0.122

Overseas

(18)

(9.5)

-0.232

-0.484

0.037

0.095

-0.308

0.677

-0.332

Rest of UK

(47)

(24.9)

0.010

0.097

-0.158

-0.098

0.208

-0.313

0.194

(sig)

  

(0.295)

(0.171)

(0.403)

(0.169)

(0.253)

(0.007)

(0.245)

Graduate

         

No

(146)

(77.2)

0.061

0.001

0.117

0.006

0.050

0.317

-0.029

Yes

(43)

(22.8)

-0.208

-0.004

-0.398

-0.020

-0.170

-1.150

0.098

(sig)

  

(0.120)

(0.973)

(0.003)

(0.881)

(0.207)

(0.000)

(0.466)

  1. *All pre-admission measures standardised as z-scores.
  2. #Interview score transformed to reduce skew prior to standardisation.