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. 2012 Fall;11(3):294–306. doi: 10.1187/cbe.11-11-0100

Table 7.

Differences in GPA and final exam performance by exam format and gendera

Final exam performance category
GPA FE total CR total MC total
Exam format by gender Mann-Whitney U p Mann-Whitney U p Mann-Whitney U p Mann-Whitney U p
MC by gender 4,001 0.751 4,030 0.167 48,203 0.437 3,325 0.001*
MC + SA by gender 1,867 0.655 1,750 0.156 2,025 0.914 1,558 0.020*

*Significant at the p < 0.05 level.

aAn independent sample Mann-Whitney U-test was used (Mann-Whitney U decimals were rounded up from 0.5 to 1.0).