Does attendance at anatomy practical classes correlate with assessment outcome? A retrospective study of a large cohort of undergraduate anatomy students

Table 3 Man Whitney U-tests comparing scores for students who attended more than half the practicals (high attendance) with students who attended less than half the practicals (low attendance)

Assessment	Attendance type	Attendance	Mean (SEM)	25 % Percentile	75 % Percentile	Median	P value	Significant P < 0.01**
Final Grade	All Practicals	High	75.7 (0.6211)	67.82	84.81	77.86	<0.0001	**
	All Practicals	Low	65.43 (2.381)	52.4	76.83	67.42	<0.0001	**
	Workshop	High	76.6 (0.7199)	68.82	85.25	78.74	<0.0001	**
	Workshop	Low	67.18 (1.607)	56.48	77.2	68.6	<0.0001	**
	Dissection	High	75.65 (0.6294)	67.84	84.81	77.67	0.0006	**
	Dissection	Low	65.51 (2.8)	50.54	80.92	66.8	0.0006	**
Theory Grade	All Practicals	High	36.29 (0.3582)	32.17	41.42	37.45	<0.0001	**
	All Practicals	Low	30.06 (1.443)	21.64	36.74	30.23	<0.0001	**
	Workshop	High	36.72 (0.4181)	32.62	41.74	37.65	<0.0001	**
	Workshop	Low	31.1 (0.9361)	25.5	37.64	31.57	<0.0001	**
	Dissection	High	36.18 (0.3639)	31.87	41.43	37.28	0.0011	**
	Dissection	Low	30.25 (1.727)	21.63	39.82	30.23	0.0011	**
Practical Grade	All Practicals	High	23.62 (0.1763)	21.43	26.1	24.16	0.0008	**
	All Practicals	Low	21.55 (0.6015)	18.7	24.75	22.6	0.0008	**
	Workshop	High	23.9 (0.1989)	21.63	26.3	24.55	<0.0001	**
	Workshop	Low	21.87 (0.4274)	19.09	24.94	22.21	<0.0001	**
	Dissection	High	23.64 (0.178)	21.43	26.1	24.16	0.0056	**
	Dissection	Low	21.42 (0.7752)	18.41	25.23	22.8	0.0056	**

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