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. 2023 Mar 16;23:167. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04082-x

Table 4.

Student selection and OSCE performance, linear regressions

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)  
OSCE OSCE OSCE OSCE OSCE OSCE OSCE OSCE OSCE
Dep. Variable: Total (%) Total (%) Total (%) Skills (%) Skills (%) Skills (%) Comm. (%) Comm. (%) Comm. (%)
Quota
Waiting list -4.305*** -3.835*** 2.782** 0.364 0.681 6.689*** -4.032*** -3.621*** -1.672  
(0.685) (0.664) (1.299) (0.890) (0.893) (1.920) (0.831) (0.818) (1.663)  
Selection -1.687*** -1.564*** -0.635 -0.427 -0.364 0.468 -1.213** -1.096* -0.684  
(0.479) (0.472) (0.509) (0.711) (0.716) (0.770) (0.578) (0.574) (0.630)  
Special quotas -6.595*** -4.596*** -2.077** -4.203*** -3.068*** -0.798 -5.589*** -3.536*** -2.550**
(0.811) (0.828) (0.940) (0.992) (1.007) (1.247) (0.857) (0.810) (1.011)  
Female 1.143*** 1.124*** 0.570 0.555 1.509*** 1.465***
(0.398) (0.391) (0.547) (0.544) (0.474) (0.476)  
German 5.301*** 6.477*** 2.682** 3.745*** 5.771*** 6.187***
(0.916) (0.947) (1.263) (1.280) (1.182) (1.239)  
Gymnasium 2.435*** 2.023*** 1.862*** 1.473** 1.868*** 1.943***
(0.510) (0.511) (0.722) (0.725) (0.601) (0.635)  
Age -0.271*** -0.253** 0.018
(0.089) (0.120) (0.112)  
Abitur grade -2.570*** -2.289** -1.306  
(0.680) (0.916) (0.887)  
Cohort-FE YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
N 1272 1272 1272 1271 1271 1271 1271 1271 1271  
R2 0.103 0.191 0.216 0.069 0.086 0.098 0.061 0.127 0.129

Note: Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regressions. Robust standard errors are in parentheses. For admission quotas, coefficients report the percentage-point change relative to the NC quota

*p < 0.1

**p < 0.05

***p < 0.01