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Table 7 Multiple regression results for overall OSCE performance in volunteer doctors

From: Are the General Medical Council’s Tests of Competence fair to long standing doctors? A retrospective cohort study

Regression in volunteers

R

Adjusted R square

R square change

Sig F change

ANOVA

Coefficients

Model 1*

0.52

0.25

0.27

P < 0.001

F(3,158) = 18.80, p < 0.001

Gender B = −11.00, Beta −0.16, p = 0.025

      

Ethnicity B = 16.54, Beta 0.23, p = 0.02

      

PMQ region B = −22.11, Beta −0.29, p = 0.003

Model 2**

0.53

0.26

0.01

P = 0.1.9

F(4, 158) = 14.90, p < 0.001

Ethnicity B = 20.1, Beta 0.28, p = 0.005

      

PMQ region B = −23.17, Beta −0.30, p = 0.002

  1. *Model 1 variables: gender, ethnicity, qualification region.
  2. **Model 2 variables: gender, ethnicity, qualification region, qualification year.