Quantitative analysis of a Māori and Pacific admission process on first-year health study

BMC Medical Education

Table 5 Univariate regression analysis results – GPA core 4 courses

Predictors	First year tertiary students		First year bachelor students
Predictors	2009 – 2012 (n = 368)		2009 – 2012 (n = 242)
	Mean estimate (95 % CI)	P value	Mean estimate (95 % CI)	P value
GPA Core 4 Courses
Any 2 sciences (NCEA, CIE, IB)**
No			0.00
Yes			1.12 (0.30, 1.94)	0.0082*
Followed advice
No			0.00
Yes			1.10 (0.36, 1.84)	0.0040
CertHSc MMI
Whānau Support
FC^a			0.00
SC			0.75 (−0.15, 1.61)	0.0909
MC			−0.34 (−3.48, 2.79)	0.8300
Academic Preparation
FC			0.00
SC			−0.32 (−1.30, 0.67)	0.5259
MC			0.91 (−0.86, 2.67)	0.3145
Career Aspirations
FC			0.00
SC			−1.37 (−2.26, −0.48)	0.0029*
MC			1.21 (−0.62, 3.04)	0.1961
Student Information
FC			0.00
SC			−0.66 (−1.57, 0.24)	0.1532
MC			2.60 (0.02, 5.17)	0.0490
Bachelor MMI
Whānau Support
FC			0.00
SC			0.09 (−0.67, 0.85)	0.8159
MC			0.52 (−.076, 1.81)	0.4249
Academic Preparation
FC			0.00
SC			−0.10 (−0.86, 0.65)	0.7887
MC			−0.10 (−1.12, 0.92)	0.8484
Career Aspirations
FC			0.00
SC			−0.77 (−1.45, −0.10)	0.0256
MC			−0.74 (−1.66, 0.18)	0.1179
Student Information
FC			0.00
SC			−0.22 (−0.89, 0.46)	0.5299
MC			−1.19 (−2.29, −0.10)	0.0331
Continuous variables
School Results (NCEA)*
Rank Score			0.34 (0.24, 0.46)	<0.0001*
L3 English^			−0.03 (−0.13, 0.06)	0.5145
L3 Biology			0.04 (−0.06, 0.14)	0.4349
L3 Chemistry			−0.05 (−0.14, 0.04)	0.2837
L3 Physics			0.07 (0.001, 0.14)	0.0528
L3 Maths			0.04 (−0.003, 0.09)	0.0734
MAPAS Maths test (per 10 % increase)			0.26 (0.09, 0.44)	0.0039*
MAPAS English test(per 10 % increase)			0.03 (−0.24, 0.29)	0.8523

^ L3 subject missing data includes those NCEA applicants who did not enrol in that particular subject
^a FC Few concerns
*Adjusted for MAPAS interview year, gender, ancestry and school decile. For GPA (a continuous outcome variable), its mean change associated with the change in alinear predictor was estimated with 95 % confidence interval. For a continuous predictor variable, this gave the difference in means with either 20 point (NCEA Rank Score) or 10 % (MAPAS Maths percentage mark) increase in the predictor. For a categorical predictor, this gave the difference in means between the current and reference categories (i.e. yes vs. no). The null hypothesis was that there was no change in the mean response (i.e. Δ = 0)
**NCEA = National Certificate in Educational Achievement, CIE = Cambridge International Exam, IB = International Baccalaureate

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