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Table 1 Demographic characteristics

From: Erratum: Evaluating a grading change at UCSD school of medicine: pass/fail grading is associated with decreased performance on preclinical exams but unchanged performance on USMLE step 1 scores

Description

H/P/F Grading

P/F Grading

Total

t‐ test

Mean

 

SD

Mean

 

SD

Mean

 

SD

t‐ sta.s.c

 

p--‐ value

Number

 

243

  

117

  

360

  

-

 

Sex (0 = Male, 1 = Female)

0.492

 

0.501

0.479

 

0.502

0.487

 

0.501

0.232

 

0.816

Age

23.34

 

3.10

22.94

 

2.76

23.21

 

2.99

1.192

 

0.234

In-state applicant (0 = No, 1 = Yes)

0.923

 

0.267

0.910

 

0.288

0.919

 

0.273

0.427

 

0.669

MCAT: Biological sciences

11.62

 

1.40

11.70

 

1.47

11.65

 

1.42

0.489

 

0.625

MCAT: Physical sciences

11.31

 

1.88

11.58

 

1.74

11.39

 

1.84

1.308

 

0.192

MCAT: Verbal

10.16

 

1.69

10.16

 

1.72

10.16

 

1.70

0.009

 

0.993

MCAT: Total

33.09

 

3.79

33.41

 

3.72

33.18

 

3.76

0.752

 

0.453

Medical school - First year exams

83.93

 

5.21

84.66

 

5.32

84.17

 

5.25

1.231

 

0.219

Medical school - Second year exams

82.28

 

5.17

81.41

 

4.93

82.00

 

5.10

1.518

 

0.130

USMLE - Step 1 score

229.95

 

18.86

231.72

 

18.01

230.54

 

18.57

0.844

 

0.399

Major: Biology

0.560

 

-

0.709

 

-

0.608

 

-

-

 

-

Major: Chemistry

0.165

 

-

0.145

 

-

0.158

 

-

-

 

-

Major: MECS

0.165

 

-

0.051

 

-

0.128

 

-

-

 

-

Major: Non-Science

0.074

 

-

0.085

 

-

0.078

 

-

-

 

-

Major: Missing

0.037

 

-

0.009

 

-

0.028

 

-

-

 

-

  1. Notes and sources:
  2. Medical school exams represent the average exam score across a common set of exams.
  3. MECS stands for mathematical, engineering, & computer sciences.
  4. Mapping from undergraduate major to undergraduate major category are provided in Appendix 1.