Performance in the MRCP(UK) Examination 2003-4: analysis of pass rates of UK graduates in relation to self-declared ethnicity and gender.

BMC Med · 2007 · PMC1871601 · PMID 17477862

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highly significantP < 0.001actually significant

Differences between groups were highly significant (χ 2 = 80.94, degrees of freedom (df) = 7, P < 0.001).

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marginally significantp = 0.046actually significant

marginally non-significantp = 0.078so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

More detailed analysis (Figure 2 ), shows a significant interaction of candidate and examiner ethnicity for communication skills and ethics ( p = 0.003), a marginally significant effect for the respiratory station ( p = 0.046), and a marginally non-significant effect for history-taking ( p = 0.078).

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almost significantP = 0.071so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Overall, the station × ethnicity interaction was almost significant (F (6,11190) = 1.94, P = 0.071), but there was no suggestion of station × gender or station × ethnicity × gender interaction ( P = 0.908 and P = 0.540 respectively).

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