Table 3 Performance in 2014 by academic background
From: GAMSAT: A 10-year retrospective overview, with detailed analysis of candidates’ performance in 2014
N | % of total | Overall mean | Overall SD | Section 1 mean | Section 1 SD | Section 2 mean | Section 2 SD | Section 3 mean | Section 3 SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arts/Social Science | 339 | 3.6 | 55.99 | 7.03 | 58.77 | 6.64 | 65.44 | 9.61 | 49.84 | 8.96 |
Biological Sciences | 3102 | 33.3 | 58.16 | 7.05 | 56.37 | 6.02 | 61.03 | 8.13 | 57.66 | 10.37 |
Commerce/Economics | 263 | 2.8 | 57.00 | 6.76 | 57.88 | 5.96 | 63.37 | 8.52 | 53.31 | 9.91 |
Engineering | 253 | 2.7 | 58.67 | 7.45 | 57.02 | 6.20 | 60.72 | 8.87 | 58.37 | 10.64 |
Health Sciences | 1112 | 11.9 | 55.13 | 6.46 | 55.54 | 5.62 | 59.98 | 8.06 | 52.46 | 9.43 |
Human Biosciences | 2113 | 22.7 | 58.87 | 6.82 | 57.01 | 5.86 | 61.76 | 8.02 | 58.28 | 9.99 |
Nursing | 406 | 4.4 | 51.02 | 6.10 | 53.56 | 5.91 | 58.11 | 8.24 | 46.19 | 8.24 |
Pharmacy | 567 | 6.1 | 57.77 | 6.30 | 55.69 | 5.26 | 60.02 | 7.85 | 57.61 | 9.68 |
Physical Sciences | 242 | 2.6 | 59.36 | 8.51 | 57.19 | 6.60 | 61.43 | 8.39 | 59.35 | 12.49 |
Physiotherapy | 228 | 2.4 | 57.71 | 6.11 | 57.36 | 5.58 | 62.51 | 7.72 | 55.36 | 8.62 |
Psychology | 289 | 3.1 | 56.71 | 5.86 | 58.62 | 5.79 | 63.60 | 7.13 | 52.23 | 8.79 |
F (8903,10) | 66.19 | 26.92 | 24.85 | 97.06 | ||||||
p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||||||
ALL | 57.45 | 7.11 | 56.52 | 6.05 | 61.26 | 8.31 | 55.94 | 10.51 | ||