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Table 2 Mean relative scores showing the performance of women and men in the various test parts

From: Situational judgment test as an additional tool in a medical admission test: an observational investigation

Academic year

 

2010/11

 

2011/12

 

2012/13

 

N §

Relative scores

N

Relative scores

N

Relative scores

Tes part

 

Women*

Men

Cohen’s d #

 

Women

Men

Cohen’s d

 

Women

Men

Cohen’s d

Biology

90

.526

.558

.21

50

.546

.572

.14

50

.544

.577

.20

  

(.153)

(.149)

(.11 – .32)

 

(.178)

(.182)

(.05 – .24)

 

(.165)

(.171)

(.10 – .29)

Chemistry

30

.519

.556

.22

30

.540

.582

.24

30

.577

.640

.33

  

(.164)

(.173)

(.11 – .33)

 

(.173)

(.174)

(.15 – .34)

 

(.192)

(.192)

(.23 – .43)

Physics

20

.410

.465

.40

20

.443

.516

.47

20

.446

.521

.45

  

(.128)

(.143)

(.30 – .51)

 

(.148)

(.168)

(.37 – .57)

 

(.158)

(.177)

(.36 – .55)

Mathematics

20

.520

.563

.27

20

.530

.606

.46

20

.522

.600

.48

  

(.148)

(.167)

(.16 – .38)

 

(.159)

(.171)

(.36 – .56)

 

(.154)

(.173)

(.38 – .58)

Text comprehension

20

.631

.644

.08

34

.640

.664 (.157)

.15

30

.663

.690

.18

  

(.157)

(.155)

(−.02 – .19)

 

(.152)

 

(.05 – .25)

 

(.153)

(.152)

(.08 – .28)

SJT

20

.857

.843

-.14

30

.785

.761

-.19

30

.868

.849

-.22

  

(.095)

(.102)

(−.25 – -.04)

 

(.130)

(.133)

(−.28 – -.09)

 

(.083)

(.088)

(−.32 – -.12)

  1. §Number of items.
  2. *Values are mean relative scores and standard deviation in parentheses.
  3. #Values are Cohen’s d and 95% confidence interval in parentheses.