How the study of online collaborative learning can guide teachers and predict students’ performance in a medical course

Table 2 Correlation between centrality measures and students’ performance

Parameter	MCQs		Clinical exam		Final
Quantity of participation	τb	p	τb	p	τb	p
In-degree	0.15	0.24	0.17	0.16	0.32^**	0.01
Out-degree	0.16	0.18	0.10	0.40	0.16	0.17
Degree	0.18	0.13	0.12	0.34	0.23	0.05
Information relay
Betweenness centrality	0.28^*	0.02	0.46^**	0.00	0.46^**	0.00
Closeness centrality	0.11	0.35	0.20	0.1	0.27^*	0.03
Information centrality	0.17	0.14	0.23	0.06	0.36^**	0.00
Connectedness
Eigenvector centrality	0.37^**	0.00	0.38^**	0.00	0.45^**	0.00
Eccentricity	−0.10	0.49	−0.23	0.11	−0.29^*	0.04
Clustering	0.12	0.33	0.05	0.7	0.23	0.06
Previous course	0.52^**	0.00	0.35^**	0.01	0.53	0.00

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