Table 6.
Summary statistics of GPA and final exam performance by exam format and gendera
| GPA | Final exam performance category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam format by gender | Mean ± SEM | FE total (%) | CR total (%) | MC total (%) | MC/CR ratio |
| MC male (78) | 3.31 ± 0.017 | 65.05 ± 1.16 | 60.54 ± 1.54 | 66.05 ± 1.16 | 1.129 ± 0.02 |
| MC female (117) | 3.34 ± 0.034 | 62.56 ± 1.0 | 62.18 ± 1.22 | 62.64 ± 1.04 | 1.036 ± 0.21 |
| MC + SA male (63) | 3.16 ± 0.066 | 69.63 ± 1.40 | 68.17 ± 1.51 | 69.94 ± 1.4 | 1.037 ± 0.17 |
| MC + SA female (65) | 3.32 ± 0.053 | 64.18 ± 0.78 | 68.23 ± 1.5 | 66.83 ± 1.22 | 1.003 ± 0.025 |
aGPA (mean ± SEM) is based on smaller sample sizes of students who reported their start-of-semester GPA. Final exam performance (mean ± SEM) is reported as percent of total for the different performance categories: FE total (final exam score), CR total (3 CR questions), MC total (all 90 MC questions), MC/CR ratio (MC%/CR% = 1.0 if students do equally well on MC and CR).