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Table 4. Pearson Correlation Coefficients Between All Evaluation and Criterion Variables.

Variable	ABSITE	MS Eval	Case Logs	Professionalism	Scholarly Works	Overall Performance	Overall EQ	USMLE1	USMLE2	Extraversion	Agreeableness	Independence	Openness	Methodicalness	Industriousness	SJT
Faculty evaluation	0.02	0.27^a	0.23	−0.03	−0.13	0.81^b	0.02	0.17	−0.01	0.21	0.15	0.18	0.14	−0.13	−0.18	0.31^a
ABSITE		0.20	0.12	0.00	0.22	0.37^b	−0.13	0.48^b	0.37^b	0.19	−0.01	−0.22	−0.02	−0.10	0.06	0.05
MS eval			0.00	0.16	0.02	0.42^b	0.17	0.25	0.10	0.31^a	0.43^b	−0.06	0.08	0.16	0.09	0.38^b
Case logs				−0.15	−0.12	0.47^b	0.13	0.05	0.24	−0.06	−0.02	0.31^a	0.04	−0.17	0.19	0.22
Professionalism					−0.03	0.29^a	−0.16	0.00	0.06	−0.21	0.03	0.16	−0.08	0.12	0.01	0.14
Scholarly						0.05	−0.18	0.15	0.10	0.09	−0.10	0.03	0.02	0.24	0.09	0.06
Overall performance							−0.03	0.30^a	0.23	0.16	0.15	0.24	0.10	−0.09	−0.02	0.41^b
Overall EQ								−0.10	−0.06	0.19	0.21	−0.01	0.01	0.14	0.31^a	0.35^a
USMLE1									0.56^b	0.14	0.29^a	−0.07	−0.04	−0.02	−0.11	0.05
USMLE2										0.04	0.09	0.01	−0.16	−0.05	0.08	0.04
Extraversion											0.11	−0.34^a	0.42^b	−0.03	0.10	0.23
Agreeableness												−0.05	0.12	0.16	−0.04	0.08
Independence													−0.02	−0.17	0.04	−0.02
Openness														−0.07	0.03	0.07
Methodicalness															0.31^a	−0.10
Industriousness																0.04

Abbreviations: ABSITE, American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination; EQ, emotional intelligence; MS Eval, medical student evaluation; SJT, situational judgment test; USMLE1, US Medical Licensing Examination Step 1; USMLE2, USMLE Step 2.

^{^a}

P < .05.

^{^b}

P < .01.