Table 3 Correlation between several possible determinants of students’ global satisfaction with electives
From: Electives in the medical curriculum – an opportunity to achieve students’ satisfaction?
Gender | Age (year) | Grade | Agrees with assessment methodology | Perception of workload | Attendance | Agrees with teaching methodology | Score NASA | Frequency of study > 0 | Number of students in 2015/2016 (N.x/100) | Order of preference in 2015/2016 (V1.x) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 1 | Point Bi-serial | Point Bi-serial | Polychoric Correlation | Point Bi-serial | Point Bi-serial | Point Bi-serial | Point Bi-serial | Polychoric Correlation | Point Bi-serial | Point Bi-serial |
Age (year) | −0.206 * | 1 | Pearson | Point Bi-serial | Pearson | Pearson | Pearson | Pearson | Point Bi-serial | Pearson | Pearson |
Grade (0–20) | − 0.128 * | − 0.010 * | 1 | Point Bi-serial | Pearson | Pearson | Pearson | Pearson | Point Bi-serial | Pearson | Pearson |
Agrees with assessment methodology | 0.027 | 0.027 * | 0.469 | 1 | Point Bi-serial | Point Bi-serial | Point Bi-serial | Point Bi-serial | Polychoric Correlation | Point Bi-serial | Point Bi-serial |
Perception of workload (5–25) | 0.063 | 0.028 * | −0.407 | − 0.499 | 1 | Pearson | Pearson | Pearson | Point Bi-serial | Pearson | Pearson |
Attendance | −0.159 * | −0.032 * | 0.134 | −0.030 * | − 0.026 * | 1 | Pearson | Pearson | Point Bi-serial | Pearson | Pearson |
Agrees with teaching methodology | 0.076 | 0.016 * | 0.132 | 0.366 | −0.146 | − 0.067 * | 1 | Pearson | Point Bi-serial | Pearson | Pearson |
Score NASA (1–10) | −0.009 | −0.025 * | − 0.211 | −0.315 | 0.573 | 0.064 * | −0.097 | 1 | Point Bi-serial | Pearson | Pearson |
Frequency of study > 0 | −0.113 | 0.091 | −0.133 | −0.115 * | 0.344 | 0.076 * | −0.046 * | 0.350 | 1 | Point Bi-serial | Point Bi-serial |
Number of students in 2015/2016 (N.x/100) | −0.057 | −0.078 * | 0.380 | 0.330 | −0.326 | 0.058 * | 0.178 | −0.128 | −0.244 | 1 | Pearson |
Order of preference in 2015/2016 (V1.x) | 0.060 | 0.063 * | −0.194 | −0.033 * | 0.215 | 0.084 * | −0.003 * | 0.172 | 0.153 | −0.274 | 1 |