标题:Discriminant Analysis of Essay,Mathematics/Science Type of Essay,College Scholastic Ability Test,and Grade Point Average as Predictors of Acceptance to a Pre-med Course at a Korean Medical School
期刊名称:Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
电子版ISSN:1975-5937
出版年度:2008
卷号:5
期号:1
页码:1-2
DOI:10.3352/jeehp.2008.5.4
语种:English
出版社:Korea Health Insurance Licensing Examination Institute
摘要:A discriminant analysis was conducted to investigate how an essay,a mathematics/science type of essay,a college scholastic ability test,and grade point average affect acceptance to a pre-med course at a Korean medical school.Subjects included 122 and 385 applicants for,respectively,early and regular admission to a medical school in Korea.The early admission examination was conducted in October 2007,and the regular admission examination was conducted in January 2008.The analysis of early admission data revealed sig_x0002_nificant F values for the mathematics/science type of essay (51.64;P<0.0001) and for grade point average (10.66;P= 0.0014).The analysis of regular admission data revealed the following F values:28.81 (P<0.0001) for grade point average,27.47 (P<0.0001) for college scholastic ability test,10.67 (P=0.0012) for the essay,and 216.74 (P<0.0001) for the mathematics/science type of essay.Since the mathematics/science type of essay had a strong effect on acceptance,an emphasis on this requirement and exclusion of other kinds of essays would be effective in subsequent entrance examinations for this premed course.
关键词:A discriminant analysis was conducted to investigate how an essay,a mathematics/science type of essay,a college scholastic ability test,and grade point average affect acceptance to a pre-med course at a Korean medical school.Subjects included 122 and 385 applicants for,respectively,early and regular admission to a medical school in Korea.The early admission examination was conducted in October 2007,and the regular admission examination was conducted in January 2008.The analysis of early admission data revealed sig_x0002_nificant F values for the mathematics/science type of essay (51.64;P<0.0001) and for grade point average (10.66;P= 0.0014).The analysis of regular admission data revealed the following F values:28.81 (P<0.0001) for grade point average,27.47 (P<0.0001) for college scholastic ability test,10.67 (P=0.0012) for the essay,and 216.74 (P<0.0001) for the mathematics/science type of essay.Since the mathematics/science type of essay had a strong effect on acceptance,an emphasis on this requirement and exclusion of other kinds of essays would be effective in subsequent entrance examinations for this premed course.