Table 2 Performance in 2014 by demographic variables
From: GAMSAT: A 10-year retrospective overview, with detailed analysis of candidates’ performance in 2014
N | Overall mean | Overall SD | Section 1 mean | Section 1 SD | Section 2 mean | Section 2 SD | Section 3 mean | Section 3 SD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 4262 | 58.69 | 7.23 | 57.00 | 6.02 | 61.13 | 8.42 | 58.27 | 10.79 |
Female | 5045 | 56.39 | 6.82 | 56.12 | 6.04 | 61.38 | 8.21 | 53.97 | 9.83 | |
t-test | 15.70 | 7.05 | −1.48 | 19.92 | ||||||
p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.140 | 0.000 | ||||||
Age Group | <21 | 2435 | 58.73 | 7.28 | 56.52 | 5.74 | 61.51 | 7.94 | 58.37 | 10.74 |
21-24 | 4357 | 57.72 | 6.86 | 56.63 | 5.89 | 61.10 | 8.20 | 56.52 | 10.20 | |
25-29 | 1594 | 56.12 | 6.91 | 56.64 | 6.38 | 61.25 | 8.57 | 53.26 | 9.94 | |
30-34 | 565 | 55.40 | 7.03 | 55.98 | 6.90 | 61.42 | 8.91 | 52.07 | 9.59 | |
35-39 | 211 | 55.10 | 6.99 | 56.21 | 6.70 | 61.42 | 9.71 | 51.40 | 9.73 | |
>39 | 145 | 53.58 | 8.04 | 54.72 | 6.99 | 61.28 | 10.11 | 49.21 | 10.91 | |
F (9301,5) | 52.26 | 3.99 | 0.82 | 88.54 | ||||||
p | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.536 | 0.000 | ||||||
Language | English | 6624 | 58.21 | 6.87 | 57.66 | 5.79 | 62.27 | 8.08 | 56.28 | 10.26 |
LOTE | 2683 | 55.71 | 7.38 | 53.71 | 5.75 | 58.79 | 8.36 | 55.11 | 11.05 | |
t-test | 17.77 | 29.93 | 18.33 | 4.74 | ||||||
p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||||||
Highest degree | Bachelor | 7729 | 57.42 | 7.15 | 56.40 | 5.97 | 61.08 | 8.29 | 56.04 | 10.60 |
Honours | 878 | 59.07 | 6.54 | 58.19 | 6.23 | 62.95 | 7.75 | 57.52 | 9.73 | |
Masters | 573 | 55.19 | 6.66 | 55.74 | 6.27 | 61.01 | 8.83 | 51.98 | 9.45 | |
Doctorate | 127 | 57.84 | 7.14 | 55.94 | 6.77 | 61.90 | 9.70 | 56.69 | 10.29 | |
F (9303,3) | 35.11 | 27.16 | 13.70 | 34.59 | ||||||
p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||||||
ALL | 9307 | 57.45 | 7.11 | 56.52 | 6.05 | 61.26 | 8.31 | 55.94 | 10.51 | |