Prognostic value of university entrance examinations in Scotland.

Date:
1934
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Credit: Prognostic value of university entrance examinations in Scotland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    their estimates of those who took Ordinary degrees and of those whose degrees were incomplete at Easter 1933, while their estimates of those who discontinued their courses are com- parable, except at the bottom of the scale, with their estimates of the Honours rather than of the Ordinary graduates. This is not surprising; for though some of those who discontinued did so, no doubt, because of repeated failure in examinations, many others had excellent University records, and discontinued in order to enter on other courses or for other good reasons. The differences between the records of the men and those of the women are slight but significant. Of students with the school mark Excellent, 9 men out of 12 took Honours, but only 3 women out of 6. Of students with school marks V.G.+ to V.G. —, 28 out of 50 men and 22 out of 63 women took Honours, while 14 men and 35 women took Ordinary Degrees. Of students with school marks of G.+, G., G.-, 34 men out of 77 took Honours, but only 10 women out of 85. No women with school marks below V.G. got First Class Honours, but 8 men with school marks below V.G. did so. On the whole it seems that boys are more likely than girls to surpass the teacher’s estimate when they go to the University in so far.as success can be judged by the number who graduate with Honours. It should be noted, however, that the women who do take Honours are quite as successful as the men, and that for professional and economic reasons men are more likely to take an Honours course than women are,