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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics of the Program Characteristics Categorized by Mean Pass Rates (N = 185)

From: Scholarly research productivity is not related to higher three-year licensure pass rates for physical therapy academic programs

Variable

Full Sample

100 % 3 Year Federation Pass Rate

<100 % Federation Pass Rate

P value

Mean (SD)/Frequency (N = 185)

Mean (SD)/Frequency (N = 107)

Mean (SD)/Frequency (N = 78)

Carnegie Status

4 = Bachelors

1 = Bachelors

3 = Bachelors

0.06

76 = Masters

25 = Masters

51 = Masters

20 = Doctoral

12 = Doctoral

8 = Doctoral

59 = Research

29 = Research

30 = Research

26 = Special Focus

11 = Special Focus

15 = Special Focus

Geographic Region

30 = East North Central

16 = East North Central

14 = East North Central

0.23

10 = East South Central

4 = East South Central

6 = East South Central

38 = Middle Atlantic

10 = Middle Atlantic

28 = Middle Atlantic

9 = Mountain

4 = Mountain

5 = Mountain

14 = New England

5 = New England

9 = New England

16 = Pacific

10 = Pacific

6 = Pacific

31 = South Atlantic

16 = South Atlantic

15 = South Atlantic

21 = West North Central

8 = West North Central

13 = West North Central

16 = West South Central

5 = West South Central

11 = West South Central

Public or Private Status

86 = Private

28 = Private

58 = Private

0.01

99 = Public

50 = Public

49 = Public

University Type

63 = AHSC

33 = AHSC

30 = AHSC

0.16

114 = LA

43 = LA

71 = LA

3 = Osteopathic

0 = Osteopathic

3 = Osteopathic

4 = Professional

2 = Professional

2 = Professional

1 = Technical

0 = Technical

1 = Technical

University Size

31 = X-Large

19 = X-Large

12 = X-Large

0.12

42 = Large

17 = Large

25 = Large

38 = Medium

17 = Medium

21 = Medium

65 = Small

21 = Small

44 = Small

9 = X-Small

4 = X-Small

5 = X-Small

Cohort Size

41.94 (15.68)

40.62 (15.52)

42.91 (15.80)

0.33

GPA of Program

3.48 (0.30)

3.57 (0.14)

3.42 (0.36)

<0.01

Average Age of Class

24.02 (1.63)

23.95 (1.34)

24.06 (1.82)

0.67

Racial Diversity of Program (%)

16.12 (17.60)

12.93 (12.47)

18.44 (20.29)

0.04

Number of Programmatic Faculty

10.72 (4.18)

11.20 (4.82)

10.37 (3.83)

0.19

  1. AHSC Allied Health Science Centre, LA Liberal Arts, GPA grade point average, X-large Extra large, X-small Extra small