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Table 2 Educational Attainment and UCAT scores on entry to medical school
| Variable | Derivation | Gateway | SEMED | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Std. Dev | N | Mean | Std. Dev | N | Mean | Std. Dev | N | F | P – Bonferroni | ||
| A level Total Points | Total Score of all A-Levels taken, excluding General Studies. | 24.32 | 4.319 | 490 | 29.63 | 4.618 | 2975 | 28.877 | 4.9376 | 3465 | 568.36 | 0.00 |
| Z score in year of qualification for the 3 best A-levels | Z-score of the total score of the 3 best A levels within a HESA qualification year | −0.898 | 0.885 | 490 | 0.231 | 0.7970 | 2970 | 0.0708 | 0.901 | 3460 | 821.5 | 0.00 |
| UCAT TOTAL score | 2384.8 | 230.25 | 540 | 2633.9 | 217.2 | 3675 | 2601.9 | 234.2 | 4215 | 611.0 | 0.00 | |
| UCAT TOTAL Z-score | Z-score using mean and SD from the admission year for all candidates | − 0.212 | 0.837 | 540 | 0.6916 | 0.785 | 3665 | 0.5756 | 0.848 | 4205 | 612.3 | 0.00 |
