Table 1 Mean grades obtained in medical school from students who came from public and private secondary schools for each academic year
Curricular year | Private secondary school (A) | Public secondary school (B) | Mean difference | Cohen’s d | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | (A-B) | |||
1 | 767 | 12.8 (1.2) | 933 | 13.4 (1.3) | −0.6 | 0.48 | < 0.001 |
2 | 655 | 13.7 (1.1) | 823 | 14.2 (1.3) | −0.5 | 0.42 | < 0.001 |
3 | 550 | 13.7 (1.3) | 713 | 14.1 (1.4) | −0.4 | 0.30 | < 0.001 |
4 | 435 | 15.1 (1.2) | 616 | 15.4 (1.2) | −0.3 | 0.25 | < 0.001 |
5 | 347 | 16.1 (1.1) | 492 | 16.3 (1.0) | −0.2 | 0.19 | 0.003 |
6 | 238 | 17.5 (0.7) | 356 | 17.4 (0.7) | 0.1 | 0.14 | 0.530 |