Table 3.
Overall Grade Determinants. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Estimates
| Variables | OLS1 | OLS2 | OLS3 | OLS4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance of 1st Professional assessment (%) | 0.172** (0.157) | 0.180** (0.043) | 0.121** (0.031) | 0.113** (0.034) |
| Attendance of 2nd Professional assessment (%) | 0.193** (0.35) | 0.195** (0.062) | 0.188** (0.017) | 0.127** (0.072) |
| Age | 1.005 (0.84) | 0.501 (0.871) | −0.531 (0.81) | |
| Gender | 0.39 (2.49) | 0.46 (8.36) | 0.66 (8.18) | |
| Campus Area Resident | 3.98 (2.99) | 3.08 (2.73) | 5.60* (2.54) | |
| School Type | 2.5 (2.18) | 5.5 (2.27) | 6.2 (1.78) | |
| Social Status | 0.01 (2.56) | 0.03 (2.49) | 0.13 (3.04) | |
| MCAT grade point average | 0.93* (0.28) | 0.99* (0.30) | ||
| Higher Secondary School grade | 0.32* (0.18) | 0.216 (0.67) | ||
| Weekly Study Hours | 0.07 (0.16) | |||
| Subject Interest | 0.09 (0.14) | |||
| Teaching Evaluation | 0.31* (0.16) | |||
| Adjusted R2 | 0.542 | 0.284 | 0.361 | 0.472 |
| Total no. of Observations | 404 | 404 | 404 | 404 |
Notes: Calculations on RLMC pooled samples. Values in parentheses represented clustered robust standard errors. *Significance at 10% level; **Significance at 5% level; OLS 1= Attendance; OLS 2= Age, Gender, Campus Area Resident, School Type, Social Status, Parents Education (Individual characteristics); OLS 3= Grade Point Average of MCAT Marks, High secondary school marks (Ability); OLS 4= Weekly Study Hour, Subject Interest, Teaching Evaluation (Effort and motivation).
Abbreviation: OLS, ordinary least squares.