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Table 4 Pairwise linear correlation coefficients between relative scores on the various text parts, sorted by year of admission test *

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

a) Admission test 2010 (N = 1353)

Test part

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Mathematics

Text comp.

Chemistry

0.732

    

Physics

0.523

0.586

   

Mathematics

0.243

0.318

0.463

  

Text comp.

0.445

0.407

0.354

0.379

 

SJT

0.132

0.119

0.120

0.181

0.352

b) Admission test 2011 (N = 1702)

Test part

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Mathematics

Text comp.

Chemistry

0.780

    

Physics

0.614

0.668

   

Mathematics

0.468

0.533

0.615

  

Text comp.

0.447

0.401

0.397

0.459

 

SJT

0.103

0.048

0.063

0.114

0.330

c) Admission test 2012 (N = 1686)

Test part

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Mathematics

Text comp.

Chemistry

0.788

    

Physics

0.670

0.732

   

Mathematics

0.495

0.588

0.615

  

Text comp.

0.461

0.466

0.414

0.438

 

SJT

0.193

0.177

0.147

0.143

0.351

  1. *All correlation coefficients are significantly different from zero (P < 0.0001).
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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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