Table 4 Correlations between pre-admissions measures and the HEXACO personality inventory, descriptive statistics and Cronbach’s alpha reliabilities; coefficients within brackets are corrected for attenuation

1

Academic Score

-

2

UKCAT Score

.09

-

3

MMI Total

.11

–.03

-

4

SJT Score

–.19**

–.11

.32** (.47)

-

5

Honesty - Humility

–.13

–.11

.03 (.04)

.36** (.53)

-

6

Emotionality

.01

.04

.24** (.34)

.10 (.14)

–.04 (-.05)

-

7

Extraversion

–.01

–.07

.30** (.41)

.29** (.40)

.12 (.15)

-.03 (-.04)

-

8

Agreeableness

–.05

–.19**

-.05 (–.07)

.16* (.22)

.28** (.36)

–.14 (–.18)

.16* (.19)

-

9

Conscientiousness

–.05

–.14

.18* (.25)

.36** (.50)

.26** (.34)

.13 (.17)

.36** (.44)

.19** (.23)

-

10

Openness

.04

.15*

.10 (.14)

.06 (.08)

.20** (.26)

.07 (.09)

.08 (.10)

–.06 (–.07)

.02 (.03)

-

Mean

5.0

2752.4

104.8

33.6

62.0

48.8

62.1

56.3

62.9

55.8

SD

0.4

167.6

14.1

7.4

6.8

7.0

7.7

7.9

7.3

8.3

Range

4–6

2310–3310

63–138

15–53

42–77

30–67

42–79

33–80

39–78

35–78

Alpha

-

-

.71

.64

.73

.77

.83

.82

.80

.79