Table 4.
Mutually adjusted associations (multiple regression analyses) between UKCAT total, total science score and interview score and composite course performance indicators* in models with and without adjustment for confounders – beta (95% confidence intervals, significance) and R 2
| |
Educational performance measure |
Honours & commendation
#
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | (95% CIs) | (sig) | Beta | (95% CIs) | (sig) | |
|
Mutually adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| UKCAT – Total score |
0.209 |
(0.065-0.352)
|
(0.005)
|
0.250 |
(0.106-0.394)
|
(0.001)
|
| Total Science Score |
0.098 |
(-0.047-0.243) |
(0.185) |
0.049 |
(-0.096-0.195) |
(0.505) |
| Interview score# |
0.152 |
(0.010-0.295)
|
(0.037)
|
0.128 |
(-0.015-0.272) |
(0.079) |
|
Model R
2
|
0.081 |
0.082 |
||||
|
Mutually adjusted and also adjusted for gender, age, ethnicity & deprivation | ||||||
| UKCAT – Total score |
0.209 |
(0.065-0.353)
|
(0.005)
|
0.218 |
(0.070-0.366)
|
(0.004)
|
| Total science score |
0.224 |
(0.057-0.391)
|
(0.009)
|
0.117 |
(-0.055-0.289) |
(0.183) |
| Interview score# |
0.125 |
(-0.018-0.267) |
(0.086) |
0.105 |
(-0.042-0.252) |
(0.159) |
| Model R 2 | 0.162 | 0.117 | ||||
*All pre-admission and course performance measures standardised as z-scores.
#Honours & Commendation and interview scores transformed to reduce skew prior to standardisation.