Table 4.
Correlations between pre-admissions measures and the HEXACO personality inventory, descriptive statistics and Cronbach’s alpha reliabilities; coefficients within brackets are corrected for attenuation
| Measure | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Academic Score | - | |||||||||
| 2 | UKCAT Score | .09 | - | ||||||||
| 3 | MMI Total | .11 | –.03 | - | |||||||
| 4 | SJT Score | –.19** | –.11 | .32** (.47) | - | ||||||
| 5 | Honesty - Humility | –.13 | –.11 | .03 (.04) | .36** (.53) | - | |||||
| 6 | Emotionality | .01 | .04 | .24** (.34) | .10 (.14) | –.04 (-.05) | - | ||||
| 7 | Extraversion | –.01 | –.07 | .30** (.41) | .29** (.40) | .12 (.15) | -.03 (-.04) | - | |||
| 8 | Agreeableness | –.05 | –.19** | -.05 (–.07) | .16* (.22) | .28** (.36) | –.14 (–.18) | .16* (.19) | - | ||
| 9 | Conscientiousness | –.05 | –.14 | .18* (.25) | .36** (.50) | .26** (.34) | .13 (.17) | .36** (.44) | .19** (.23) | - | |
| 10 | Openness | .04 | .15* | .10 (.14) | .06 (.08) | .20** (.26) | .07 (.09) | .08 (.10) | –.06 (–.07) | .02 (.03) | - |
| Mean | 5.0 | 2752.4 | 104.8 | 33.6 | 62.0 | 48.8 | 62.1 | 56.3 | 62.9 | 55.8 | |
| SD | 0.4 | 167.6 | 14.1 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 8.3 | |
| Range | 4–6 | 2310–3310 | 63–138 | 15–53 | 42–77 | 30–67 | 42–79 | 33–80 | 39–78 | 35–78 | |
| Alpha | - | - | .71 | .64 | .73 | .77 | .83 | .82 | .80 | .79 |
*p < .05; **p < .01