Table 4 Step-wise regressions to predict progress test scores at Time 1 and Time 2
From: Progress testing in the medical curriculum: students’ approaches to learning and perceived stress
Step 1 | Step 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | B | β | p | B | β | p |
Time 1: (N = 187) | ||||||
Year in programme | 13.16 | .78 | < .001 | 13.05 | .77 | < .001 |
Gender | 2.92 | .08 | < .05 | 3.60 | .11 | < .001 |
Age | .80 | .15 | < .001 | .77 | .15 | < .05 |
Adjusted R2 | .70 | |||||
F for ΔR2 | 148.68 (p < .001) | |||||
Surface approach | -.36 | -.12 | <.05 | |||
Deep approach | .003 | .001 | ns | |||
Stress | -.09 | -.03 | ns | |||
Adjusted R2 | .72 | |||||
F for ΔR2 | 3.75 (p < .05) | |||||
Time 2: (N = 169) | ||||||
Year in programme | 12.20 | .80 | <. 001 | 12.05 | .79 | < .001 |
Gender | -.05 | -.002 | ns | .64 | .02 | ns |
Age | .22 | .05 | ns | .26 | .05 | ns |
Adjusted R2 | .66 | |||||
F for ΔR2 | 110.27 (p < .001) | |||||
Surface approach | -.33 | -.12 | <.05 | |||
Deep approach | -.10 | -.04 | ns | |||
Stress | -.04 | -.02 | ns | |||
Adjusted R2 | .67 | |||||
F for ΔR2 | 2.41 (p = .07) | |||||