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Table 3 Associations between selection criteria and continuous outcome measures (including cohort effects)

From: Predicting success in medical school: a longitudinal study of common Australian student selection tools

Outcome variable

Cohort

wGAMSAT

wGPA

Interview

F model

R2 model

Year 1, Semester 1, KHI

11.3***

10.4***

14.5***

0.3

23.57***

27.5

Year 1, Semester 2, KHI

11.2***

8.0***

16.3***

0.0

23.39***

27.6

Year 1, DPS (full year)

7.8***

1.5*

11.1***

0.5

13.16***

17.5

Year 2, Semester 1, KHI

7.7***

2.3**

7.7***

0.3

11.46***

15.8

Year 2, Semester 2, KHI

25.8***

4.6***

5.2***

0.4

24.84***

29.1

Year 3, D & P OSCE

1.0

0.9

2.6**

7.0***

6.51***

10.0

Year 3, Total Score

4.2**

2.2**

7.2***

4.5***

10.79***

15.8

Year 4, ITA Score

0.3

1.0

2.1**

3.5***

4.41***

7.1

Year 4, Total Score

0.8

0.7

5.2***

3.0***

6.26***

9.5

Final Course Ranking

1.9

0.8

8.4***

5.8***

10.10***

14.6

  1. Notes. Effect sizes are partial eta squared coefficients (η2 p) expressed as a percentage
  2. (2 % = small, 13 % = medium, 26 % = large) [19]
  3. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001