Demographic and socio-economic associations with academic attainment (UCAS tariff scores) in applicants to medical school

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-249

  Powis, David ^a,d   James, David ^b   Ferguson, Eamonn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

*education, medical, undergraduate; *educational measurement; *school admission criteria; *schools, medical; Adult; Female; Humans; Male; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EFFECT SIZE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33847172348     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02683.x     Document Type: Article

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