Table 1.
Bivariate associations (ANOVA) between pre-admission measures* according to socio-demographic characteristics mean scores for each group (and significance)
| (N) | (%) | UKCAT-Total score | UKCAT –Verbal reasoning | UKCAT –Quant reasoning | UKCAT–Decision analysis | UKCAT –Abstract reasoning | Total Science Score | Interview score# | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
(83)
|
(43.9) |
0.096 |
0.012 |
0.251 |
0.021 |
-0.016 |
0.196 |
0.069 |
| Female |
(106)
|
(56.1) |
-0.076 |
-0.009 |
-0.197 |
-0.016 |
0.012 |
-0.152 |
-0.054 |
|
(sig) |
|
|
(0.242) |
(0.885) |
(0.002)
|
(0.800) |
(0.848) |
(0.018)
|
(0.403) |
|
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 18 or less |
(128)
|
(67.7) |
0.100 |
0.051 |
0.149 |
0.012 |
0.068 |
0.316 |
-0.034 |
| Over 18 |
(61)
|
(32.3) |
-0.210 |
-0.107 |
-0.313 |
-0.025 |
-0.142 |
-0.691 |
0.071 |
|
(sig) |
|
|
(0.047)
|
(0.312) |
(0.003)
|
(0.811) |
(0.178) |
(0.000)
|
(0.504) |
|
Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
(153)
|
(81.8) |
0.093 |
0.093 |
0.050 |
0.052 |
0.054 |
-0.056 |
0.058 |
| Non-white |
(34)
|
(18.2) |
-0.397 |
-0.435 |
-0.205 |
-0.188 |
-0.240 |
0.289 |
-0.269 |
|
(sig) |
|
|
(0.010)
|
(0.005)
|
(0.180) |
(0.207) |
(0.123) |
(0.080) |
(0.086) |
|
Deprivation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lower |
(130)
|
(68.8) |
0.026 |
-0.021 |
-0.014 |
0.057 |
0.043 |
-0.023 |
-0.031 |
| Higher |
(32)
|
(16.9) |
-0.326 |
-0.052 |
-0.238 |
-0.394 |
-0.159 |
-0.130 |
0.159 |
| Missing |
(27)
|
(14.3) |
0.260 |
0.165 |
0.349 |
0.192 |
-0.019 |
0.263 |
-0.037 |
|
(sig) |
|
|
(0.070) |
(0.644) |
(0.076) |
(0.040)
|
(0.590) |
(0.306) |
(0.616) |
|
Parental HE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
(34)
|
(18.8) |
-0.053 |
-0.007 |
-0.035 |
-0.057 |
-0.041 |
-0.712 |
-0.125 |
| Yes |
(147)
|
(81.2) |
0.040 |
0.037 |
0.027 |
0.023 |
0.020 |
0.125 |
0.046 |
|
(sig) |
|
|
(0.628) |
(0.815) |
(0.748) |
(0.679) |
(0.754) |
(0.000)
|
(0.372) |
|
School HE participation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Scotland – high |
(96)
|
(50.8) |
0.109 |
0.056 |
0.111 |
0.125 |
-0.013 |
0.044 |
0.003 |
| Scotland – low |
(28)
|
(14.8) |
-0.240 |
-0.043 |
-0.140 |
-0.323 |
-0.108 |
-0.034 |
-0.122 |
| Overseas |
(18)
|
(9.5) |
-0.232 |
-0.484 |
0.037 |
0.095 |
-0.308 |
0.677 |
-0.332 |
| Rest of UK |
(47)
|
(24.9) |
0.010 |
0.097 |
-0.158 |
-0.098 |
0.208 |
-0.313 |
0.194 |
|
(sig) |
|
|
(0.295) |
(0.171) |
(0.403) |
(0.169) |
(0.253) |
(0.007)
|
(0.245) |
|
Graduate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
(146)
|
(77.2) |
0.061 |
0.001 |
0.117 |
0.006 |
0.050 |
0.317 |
-0.029 |
| Yes |
(43)
|
(22.8) |
-0.208 |
-0.004 |
-0.398 |
-0.020 |
-0.170 |
-1.150 |
0.098 |
| (sig) | (0.120) | (0.973) | (0.003) | (0.881) | (0.207) | (0.000) | (0.466) |
*All pre-admission measures standardised as z-scores.
#Interview score transformed to reduce skew prior to standardisation.